Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1521-1 lighttpd -- file disclosure

Date Reported:
16 Mar 2008
Affected Packages:
lighttpd
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-1270.
More information:

Julien Cayzac discovered that under certain circumstances lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory footprint, might allow the reading of arbitrary files from the system. This problem could only occur with a non-standard configuration.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.13-4etch6.

We recommend that you upgrade your lighttpd package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6.diff.gz
Architecture-independent component:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-doc_1.4.13-4etch6_all.deb
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch6_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch6_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch6_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch6_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch6_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch6_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch6_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch6_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch6_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch6_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch6_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch6_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch6_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch6_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch6_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch6_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch6_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch6_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch6_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch6_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch6_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch6_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch6_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch6_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch6_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch6_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch6_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch6_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch6_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch6_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch6_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch6_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch6_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch6_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch6_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch6_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch6_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch6_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch6_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch6_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch6_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch6_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch6_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch6_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch6_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch6_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch6_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch6_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch6_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch6_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch6_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch6_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch6_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch6_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch6_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch6_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.