CWE
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Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2015-0228: Input Validation

First published: Sun Mar 08 2015(Updated: )

The lua_websocket_read function in lua_request.c in the mod_lua module in the Apache HTTP Server through 2.4.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash) by sending a crafted WebSocket Ping frame after a Lua script has called the wsupgrade function.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Apache HTTP Server<=2.4.12
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=10.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.10
Apple Mac OS X=10.10.4
Apple Mac OS X Server=5.0.3
openSUSE openSUSE=13.2

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