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Debian: DSA-2795-2 Update on Lighttpd Client Certificate Regression

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Calendar Grey November 17, 2013
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The Debian Security Advisory DSA-2796-1 addresses vulnerabilities related to the Apache web server that may affect secure client communications.
It was discovered discovered that SSL connections with client certificates stopped working after the DSA-2795-1 update of lighttpd
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.28-2+squeeze1.5.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.31-4+deb7u2.

For the testing (jessie) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem
will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your lighttpd packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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