CVE-2015-0228

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-03-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

Apache HTTP Server: through 2.4.12
macOS: 10.10.4
Apple Mac Os X Server: 5.0.3
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
Opensuse: 13.2

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0099.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00006.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1666.html
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/CHANGES
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73041
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032967
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2523-1

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