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Debian DSA-1521-1 : lighttpd - file disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31592

Synopsis

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

Description

Julien Cayzac discovered that under certain circumstances lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory footprint, might allow the reading of arbitrary files from the system. This problem could only occur with a non-standard configuration.

Solution

Upgrade the lighttpd package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.13-4etch6.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1521

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31592

File Name: debian_DSA-1521.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/17/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

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: 3/16/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1270

CWE: 200

DSA: 1521