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Debian DSA-1513-1 : lighttpd - information disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31360

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory footprint, would display the source to CGI scripts if their execution failed in some circumstances.

Solution

Upgrade the lighttpd package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.13-4etch5.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1513

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31360

File Name: debian_DSA-1513.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1111

CWE: 200

DSA: 1513