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GLSA-200803-10 : lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31385

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200803-10 (lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 lighttpd contains a calculation error when allocating the global file descriptor array (CVE-2008-0983). Furthermore, it sends the source of a CGI script instead of returning a 500 error (Internal Server Error) when the fork() system call fails (CVE-2008-1111).
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of Service or gain the source of a CGI script.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All lighttpd users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.18-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31385

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200803-10.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 3/7/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:lighttpd, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0983, CVE-2008-1111

CWE: 200, 399

GLSA: 200803-10