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Fedora 24 : lighttpd (2016-07e9059072)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92848

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

1.4.41

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Patch for CVE-2016-1000212.

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Connection state patch.

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Patch for ipv6 blocking bug.

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1.4.40 https://www.lighttpd.net/2016/7/16/1.4.40/

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected lighttpd package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-07e9059072

https://www.lighttpd.net/2016/7/16/1.4.40/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92848

File Name: fedora_2016-07e9059072.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/11/2016

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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:lighttpd, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1000212