CVE-2015-0228

medium
Published 2015-03-08 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.0

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

macos macOS Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
10.10.4 Affected โ€”
suse SUSE Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
13.2 Affected โ€”
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
14.10 Affected โ€”
14.04 Affected โ€”
12.04 Affected โ€”
10.04 Affected โ€”
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.4.10-10
sid Fixed 2.4.10-10
forky Fixed 2.4.10-10
bullseye Fixed 2.4.10-10
bookworm Fixed 2.4.10-10

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachehttp_server{"endIncluding":"2.4.12"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.