Lighttpd < 1.4.67 DoS Vulnerability

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CPE = "cpe:/a:lighttpd:lighttpd";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.104330");
  script_version("2023-10-18T05:05:17+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-18 05:05:17 +0000 (Wed, 18 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-09-29 08:29:07 +0000 (Thu, 29 Sep 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-10-07 19:38:00 +0000 (Fri, 07 Oct 2022)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-41556");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Lighttpd < 1.4.67 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("sw_lighttpd_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("lighttpd/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Lighttpd is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A resource leak in mod_fastcgi and mod_scgi could lead to a DoS
  after a large number of bad HTTP requests.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Lighttpd version 1.4.66 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.4.67 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4/commit/b18de6f9264f914f7bf493abd3b6059343548e50");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.lighttpd.net/2022/9/17/1.4.67/");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
  exit(0);

if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "1.4.67")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.4.67");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);