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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58581
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian Security Advisory DSA 1362-1 (lighttpd)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to lighttpd announced via advisory DSA 1362-1.;; This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1362)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58644).
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to lighttpd announced via advisory DSA 1362-1.

This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1362)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58644).

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in lighttpd, a fast webserver with
minimal memory footprint. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
identifies the following problems:

CVE-2007-3946

The use of mod_auth could leave to a denial of service attack crashing
the webserver

CVE-2007-3947

The improper handling of repeated HTTP headers could cause a denial
of serve attack crashing the webserver.

CVE-2007-3949

A bug in mod_access potentially allows remote users to bypass
access restrictions via trailing slash characters.

CVE-2007-3950

On 32-bit platforms users may be able to create denial of service
attacks, crashing the webserver, via mod_webdav, mod_fastcgi, or
mod_scgi.


For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version
1.4.13-4etch3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 1.4.16-1.

Solution:
We recommend that you upgrade your lighttpd package.

CVSS Score:
8.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-3946
BugTraq ID: 24967
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24967
Bugtraq: 20070719 rPSA-2007-0145-1 lighttpd (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474131/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1362 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1362
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-11.xml
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1875
http://osvdb.org/38314
http://osvdb.org/38315
http://osvdb.org/38316
http://osvdb.org/38317
http://secunia.com/advisories/26130
http://secunia.com/advisories/26158
http://secunia.com/advisories/26505
http://secunia.com/advisories/26593
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:015 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2585
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-3947
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1869
http://osvdb.org/38313
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-3949
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1871
http://osvdb.org/38311
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-3950
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1882
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2909
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