Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1609-1 lighttpd -- various
- Date Reported:
- 15 Jul 2008
- Affected Packages:
- lighttpd
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 434888, Bug 466663.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0983, CVE-2007-3948. - More information:
-
Several local/remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory footprint.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CVE-2008-0983
lighttpd 1.4.18, and possibly other versions before 1.5.0, does not properly calculate the size of a file descriptor array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections, which triggers an out-of-bounds access.
- CVE-2007-3948
connections.c in lighttpd before 1.4.16 might accept more connections than the configured maximum, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion) via a large number of connection attempts.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.13-4etch9.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.18-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your lighttpd package.
- CVE-2008-0983
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13.orig.tar.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-doc_1.4.13-4etch9_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_i386.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_mips.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.