CVE-2015-0228 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2015-0228?

CVE-2015-0228 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 8 Mar 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-0228?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Apache Http Server, Apple Mac Os X, Apple Mac Os X Server, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2015-0228?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2015-0228 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-0228 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2019-0211 Apache HTTP Server Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0228, GHSA-73qw-6rjv-mchr, MGASA-2015-0099.