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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60834
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: lighttpd
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following package is affected: lighttpd

CVE-2008-1531
The connection_state_machine function (connections.c) in lighttpd
1.4.19 and earlier, and 1.5.x before 1.5.0, allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (active SSL connection loss) by triggering
an SSL error, such as disconnecting before a download has finished,
which causes all active SSL connections to be lost.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
4.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1531
BugTraq ID: 28489
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28489
Bugtraq: 20080331 rPSA-2008-0132-1 lighttpd (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490323/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1540 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1540
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00562.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00587.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:18
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/285#comment:21
http://www.osvdb.org/43788
http://secunia.com/advisories/29505
http://secunia.com/advisories/29544
http://secunia.com/advisories/29636
http://secunia.com/advisories/29649
http://secunia.com/advisories/30023
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:011 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1063/references
XForce ISS Database: lighttpd-sslerror-dos(41545)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41545
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