1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200803-10 / lighttpd |
| Release Date | March 05, 2008 |
| Latest Revision | March 05, 2008: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| www-servers/lighttpd | < 1.4.18-r2 | >= 1.4.18-r2 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #211230, #211956
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in lighttpd.
lighttpd is a lightweight high-performance web server.
lighttpd contains a calculation error when allocating the global file descriptor array (CVE-2008-0983). Furthermore, it sends the source of a CGI script instead of returning a 500 error (Internal Server Error) when the fork() system call fails (CVE-2008-1111).
A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of Service or gain the source of a CGI script.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All lighttpd users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.18-r2" |