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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120270
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2012-107)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'lighttpd' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-107 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'lighttpd' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-107 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Integer signedness error in the base64_decode function in the HTTP authentication functionality (http_auth.c) in lighttpd 1.4 before 1.4.30 and 1.5 before SVN revision 2806 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via crafted base64 input that triggers an out-of-bounds read with a negative index.

Affected Software/OS:
'lighttpd' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4362
1026359
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026359
18295
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18295
20111224 Lighttpd Proof of Concept code for CVE-2011-4362
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0167.html
47260
http://secunia.com/advisories/47260
DSA-2368
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2368
JVN#37417423
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html
[oss-security] 20111129 CVE Request: lighttpd/mod_auth out-of-bounds read due to signedness error
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/8
[oss-security] 20111129 Re: CVE Request: lighttpd/mod_auth out-of-bounds read due to signedness error
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/13
http://blog.pi3.com.pl/?p=277
http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2011_01.txt
http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2370
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758624
lighttpd-base64-dos(71536)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71536
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