Debian DSA-1609-1 : lighttpd - various

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33507

Synopsis

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

Description

Several local/remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory footprint.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2008-0983 lighttpd 1.4.18, and possibly other versions before 1.5.0, does not properly calculate the size of a file descriptor array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections, which triggers an out-of-bounds access.

- CVE-2007-3948 connections.c in lighttpd before 1.4.16 might accept more connections than the configured maximum, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion) via a large number of connection attempts.

Solution

Upgrade the lighttpd package.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.13-4etch9.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33507

File Name: debian_DSA-1609.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/16/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: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: 7/15/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3948, CVE-2008-0983

CWE: 399

DSA: 1609

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