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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2887-1 lighttpd -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

18 Jan 2022

Affected Packages:

lighttpd

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-19052.

More information:

One issue has been discovered in lighttpd: fast webserver with minimal memory footprint.

• CVE-2018-19052:

  an issue was discovered in mod_alias_physical_handler in mod_alias.c in lighttpd before 1.4.50. There is potential ../ path traversal of a single directory above an alias target, with a specific mod_alias configuration where the matched alias lacks a trailing '/' character, but the alias target filesystem path does have a trailing '/' character.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.45-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your lighttpd packages.

For the detailed security status of lighttpd please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/lighttpd

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