Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1205-2 thttpd -- insecure temporary files
- Date Reported:
- 02 Nov 2006
- Affected Packages:
- thttpd
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 396277.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-4248. - More information:
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The original advisory for this issue didn't contain fixed packages for all supported architectures which are corrected in this update. For reference please find below the original advisory text:
Marco d'Itri discovered that thttpd, a small, fast and secure webserver, makes use of insecure temporary files when its logfiles are rotated, which might lead to a denial of service through a symlink attack.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.23beta1-3sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.23beta1-5.
We recommend that you upgrade your thttpd package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_arm.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the revised advisory.