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Security advisory
Lighttpd 1.4.56 through 1.4.58 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from stuck connections) because connection_read_header_more in connections.c has a typo that disrupts use of multiple read operations on large headers.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-30780
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 01:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Lighttpd 1.4.56 through 1.4.58 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption from stuck connections) because connection_read_header_more in connections.c has a typo that disrupts use of multiple read operations on large headers.
osv:CVE-2022-30780
Complete source record
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"https://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/3059",
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"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30780",
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