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Fedora 7 : lighttpd-1.4.18-1.fc7 (2007-2132)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 27752
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Lighttpd (1.4.17 and earlier) is prone to a header overflow when using the mod_fastcgi extension, this can lead to arbitrary code execution in the fastcgi application. This 1.4.18 update fixes the issue.Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 27752
File Name: fedora_2007-2132.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 11/6/2007
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:lighttpd, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:lighttpd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:lighttpd-fastcgi, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:lighttpd-mod_mysql_vhost, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2007
Exploitable With
CANVAS (D2ExploitPack)
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-4727
BID: 25622