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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59798
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 7 FEDORA-2007-2132 (lighttpd)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to lighttpd
announced via advisory FEDORA-2007-2132.

Update Information:

Lighttpd (1.4.17 and earlier) is prone to a header overflow
when using the mod_fastcgi extension, this can lead to arbitrary
code execution in the fastcgi application. This 1.4.18 update
fixes the issue.

References:
[ 1 ] Bug #284511
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=284511

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2007-2132

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.8

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-4727
BugTraq ID: 25622
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25622
Bugtraq: 20070917 FLEA-2007-0054-1 lighttpd (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479763/100/0/threaded
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-213.shtml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-16.xml
http://secweb.se/en/advisories/lighttpd-fastcgi-remote-vulnerability/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=284511
http://secunia.com/advisories/26732
http://secunia.com/advisories/26794
http://secunia.com/advisories/26824
http://secunia.com/advisories/26997
http://secunia.com/advisories/27229
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3127
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:020 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3110
XForce ISS Database: lighttpd-modfastcgi-code-execution(36526)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36526
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