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Gentoo: GLSA-200705-07 Normal: Lighttpd Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2007
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Uncover two vulnerabilities in Lighttpd that can trigger Denial of Service attacks. Ensure to update your server version promptly to enhance system security.
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Lighttpd, each allowing for a Denial of Service.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-07 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Lighttpd: Two Denials of Service Date: May 07, 2007 Bugs: #174043 ID: 200705-07

Synopsis ======= Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Lighttpd, each allowing for a Denial of Service.
Background ========= Lighttpd is a lightweight HTTP web server.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-servers/lighttpd < 1.4.14 >= 1.4.14
========== Robert Jakabosky discovered an infinite loop triggered by a connection abort when Lighttpd processes carriage return and line feed sequences. Marcus Rueckert discovered a NULL pointer dereference when a server runni...

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