gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200804-08">
  <title>lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>
    Multiple vulnerabilities in lighttpd may lead to information disclosure or
    a Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">lighttpd</product>
  <announced>April 10, 2008</announced>
  <revised>April 10, 2008: 01</revised>
  <bug>212930</bug>
  <bug>214892</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-servers/lighttpd" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.4.19-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.19-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    lighttpd is a lightweight high-performance web server.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Julien Cayzax discovered that an insecure default setting exists in
    mod_userdir in lighttpd. When userdir.path is not set the default value
    used is $HOME. It should be noted that the "nobody" user's $HOME is "/"
    (CVE-2008-1270). An error also exists in the SSL connection code which
    can be triggered when a user prematurely terminates his connection
    (CVE-2008-1531).
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could exploit the first vulnerability to read
    arbitrary files. The second vulnerability can be exploited by a remote
    attacker to cause a Denial of Service by terminating a victim's SSL
    connection.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    As a workaround for CVE-2008-1270 you can set userdir.path to a
    sensible value, e.g. <i>"public_html"</i>.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All lighttpd users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.19-r2&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1270">CVE-2008-1270</uri>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1531">CVE-2008-1531</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:15:35 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:44:24 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:43:05 +0000">
    mfleming
  </metadata>
</glsa>