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Gentoo: GLSA-201006-17 Normal: Lighttpd Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey June 3, 2010
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Urgent security fix required for Lighttpd vulnerabilities posing Denial of Service risk on Gentoo systems. Ensure timely updates.
A processing error in lighttpd might result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Li Ming reported that lighttpd does not properly process packets that are sent overly slow.

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All lighttpd users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.25-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-0295 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0295

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201006-17
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: lighttpd: Denial of Service
Date: June 03, 2010
Bugs: #303213
ID: 201006-17

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A processing error in lighttpd might result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

lighttpd is a lightweight high-performance web server.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-servers/lighttpd < 1.4.25-r1 >= 1.4.25-r1

Impact

===== A remote attacker might send specially crafted packets to a server running lighttpd, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition via host memory exhaustion.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.