GLSA-200812-04 : lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 35021

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-200812-04 (lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in lighttpd:
Qhy reported a memory leak in the http_request_parse() function in request.c (CVE-2008-4298).
Gaetan Bisson reported that URIs are not decoded before applying url.redirect and url.rewrite rules (CVE-2008-4359).
Anders1 reported that mod_userdir performs case-sensitive comparisons on filename components in configuration options, which is insufficient when case-insensitive filesystems are used (CVE-2008-4360).
Impact :

A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of Service, to bypass intended access restrictions, to obtain sensitive information, or to possibly modify data.
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-1.4.20'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200812-04

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35021

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200812-04.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 12/3/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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: 12/2/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4298, CVE-2008-4359, CVE-2008-4360

BID: 31434, 31599, 31600

CWE: 200, 399

GLSA: 200812-04