CVE-2015-0228
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.
Find out more about CVE-2015-0228 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the version of httpd package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (httpd24-httpd) | RHSA-2015:1666 | 2015-08-24 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (httpd24-httpd) | RHSA-2015:1666 | 2015-08-24 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3.0 | httpd24 | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | httpd | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | httpd | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | httpd | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | httpd | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | httpd | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | httpd | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | httpd | Not affected |
| Red Hat Directory Server 8 | httpd | Not affected |