lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities

lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in lighttpd. lighttpd 2008-03-05 2008-03-05: 01 211230 211956 remote 1.4.18-r2 1.4.18-r2

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:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.18-r2"

CVE-2008-0983 CVE-2008-1111 rbu keytoaster p-y