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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200708-11
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Severity: Normal
Title: Lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 16, 2007
Bugs: #185442
ID: 200708-11

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Synopsis
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Several vulnerabilities were reported in Lighttpd, most of them
allowing a Denial of Service and potentially the remote execution of
arbitrary code.

Background
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Lighttpd is a lightweight HTTP web server.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 www-servers/lighttpd < 1.4.16 >= 1.4.16

Description
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Stefan Esser discovered errors with evidence of memory corruption in
the code parsing the headers. Several independent researchers also
reported errors involving the handling of HTTP headers, the mod_auth
and mod_scgi modules, and the limitation of active connections.

Impact
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A remote attacker can trigger any of these vulnerabilities by sending
malicious data to the server, which may lead to a crash or memory
exhaustion, and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
Additionally, access-deny settings can be evaded by appending a final /
to a URL.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Lighttpd users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.16"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-3946
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3946
[ 2 ] CVE-2007-3947
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3947
[ 3 ] CVE-2007-3948
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3948
[ 4 ] CVE-2007-3949
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3949
[ 5 ] CVE-2007-3950
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3950

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-11.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

 

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