CVE-2015-0228

Public on 2015-03-08

Modified on 2015-08-17

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the mod_lua httpd module processed certain WebSocket Ping requests. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted WebSocket Ping packet that would cause the httpd child process to crash.

Severity

Low

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CVSS v3 Base Score

5.0

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	httpd24	2015-08-17	ALAS-2015-579

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD	CVSSv2	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2015-0228 Mitre: CVE-2015-0228