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

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!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>2008-04-10</announced>
<revised count="01">2008-04-10</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 "&gt;=www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.19-r2"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1270">CVE-2008-1270</uri>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1531">CVE-2008-1531</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-03-29T20:15:35Z">
keytoaster
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-04-03T22:44:24Z">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-04-06T21:43:05Z">
mfleming
</metadata>
</glsa>