GLSA-200705-07 : Lighttpd: Two Denials of Service

high Nessus Plugin ID 25184

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200705-07 (Lighttpd: Two Denials of Service)

Robert Jakabosky discovered an infinite loop triggered by a connection abort when Lighttpd processes carriage return and line feed sequences.
Marcus Rueckert discovered a NULL pointer dereference when a server running Lighttpd tries to access a file with a mtime of 0.
Impact :

A remote attacker could upload a specially crafted file to the server or send a specially crafted request and then abort the connection, possibly resulting in a crash or a Denial of Service by CPU consumption.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Lighttpd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.14'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25184

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200705-07.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 5/10/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:lighttpd, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1869, CVE-2007-1870

BID: 23515

GLSA: 200705-07

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