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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.1.2007.1303
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1303-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lighttpd' package(s) announced via the DSA-1303-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lighttpd' package(s) announced via the DSA-1303-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Two problems were discovered with lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory footprint, which could allow denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:

CVE-2007-1869

Remote attackers could cause denial of service by disconnecting partway through making a request.

CVE-2007-1870

A NULL pointer dereference could cause a crash when serving files with a mtime of 0.

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.13-4etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.14-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your lighttpd package.

Affected Software/OS:
'lighttpd' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-1869
BugTraq ID: 23515
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23515
Bugtraq: 20070420 FLEA-2007-0011-1: lighttpd (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466464/30/6900/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-1303 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1303
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-07.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/24886
http://secunia.com/advisories/24947
http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
http://secunia.com/advisories/25166
http://secunia.com/advisories/25613
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:007 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1399
XForce ISS Database: lighttpd-rnrn-dos(33671)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33671
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-1870
XForce ISS Database: lighttpd-mtime-dos(33678)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33678
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