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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 1609-1] New lighttpd packages fix multiple DOS issues (

    From Steve Kemp@1:229/2 to All on Tue Jul 15 19:50:20 2008
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1609-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp
    July 15, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package : lighttpd
    Vulnerability : various
    Problem type : remote
    Debian-specific: no
    CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-0983 CVE-2007-3948
    Debian Bug : 434888 466663

    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.


    Upgrade instructions
    - --------------------

    wget url
    will fetch the file for you
    dpkg -i file.deb
    will install the referenced file.

    If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
    sources.list as given below:

    apt-get update
    will update the internal database
    apt-get upgrade
    will install corrected packages

    You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
    footer to the proper configuration.


    Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
    - -------------------------------

    Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9.dsc
    Size/MD5 checksum: 1106 b9e468fa16bb1874ceef9596827a0aee
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13.orig.tar.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 793309 3a64323b8482b0e8a6246dbfdb4c39dc
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9.diff.gz
    Size/MD5 checksum: 37524 b935ac31122e596b50393b32412c4634

    Architecture independent packages:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-doc_1.4.13-4etch9_all.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 99444 f4da891e3055833d72cedb093ebe961b

    alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 65236 07a7c10a1a9e8e5be6591eafdcb2af70
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 319704 347221cd0521559c703e77a638101378
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 59970 cd8eebac5cafbfc86a94b7bdec622cdc
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 71720 2243711e9b479e7201bd075375341570
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 61748 e082eba9bed47e7d41b97b8c3faf2ab4
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_alpha.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 64804 2300124052e6cd3d16b5d912771a43d2

    amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 70042 f216ba125297f9617e9b93ae5e9c1528
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 60890 0cf8ebc595c92cf0e5133cfb0fdb45f1
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 64028 22bef6211d9afd320292721a796671fb
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 63726 1908fe9c6b35d03ac8cb8ca25bc119a8
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 59294 a0bc743d9720b97db28764c6c1e0f79c
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_amd64.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 297536 0de34b9f4ef546ae5f38991f4676143a

    arm architecture (ARM)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 63132 28b693dd3dc65d743e84af5249e6867e
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-webdav_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 69696 7c49c8c4dc0ae30526d0ccd02cec9376
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 60870 bb8fa82a14b51ddf0c4de1e869755459
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-magnet_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 62936 e831e83489ced32abeeae5c4a9b26e01
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 286636 77d3c387d79492d0655bf45930ed774a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_arm.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 58744 7fe590b4b243a5d33f9328d23c25f037

    hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-cml_1.4.13-4etch9_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 65586 fc9bc390e05808b64c7f3323465f3860
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lighttpd/lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost_1.4.13-4etch9_hppa.deb
    Size/MD5 checksum: 59958 3ba195a79e46a6e896482ffd79121daf

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