Debian DLA-583-1 : lighttpd security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 92705

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Dominic Scheirlinck and Scott Geary of Vend reported an insecure behaviour in the lighttpd web server. Lighttpd assigned Proxy header values from client requests to internal HTTP_PROXY environment variables. This could be used to carry out Man in the Middle Attacks (MIDM) or create connections to arbitrary hosts.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in version 1.4.31-4+deb7u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your lighttpd packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92705

File Name: debian_DLA-583.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/4/2016

Updated: 1/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.6

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-magnet, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-trigger-b4-dl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-cml, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-mod-webdav, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lighttpd-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1000212

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