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Gentoo: GLSA-201406-10 High: Lighttpd Multiple Issues Remote Execution

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Calendar Grey June 14, 2014
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Various security flaws in lighttpd for Gentoo facilitate remote code execution and denial of service attacks. Urgent update is advised for protection.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in lighttpd, allowing remote attackers cause a Denial of Service condition or execute arbitrary SQL statements

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in lighttpd. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service high severity gentoo remote execution multiple issues lighttpd

Resolution

All lighttpd users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.35"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-4362 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4362 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-5533 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5533 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-4508 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4508 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-4559 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4559 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-4560 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4560 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-2323 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2323

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-10
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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: High
Title: lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 13, 2014
Bugs: #392581, #444179, #490432, #491154, #504330
ID: 201406-10

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service high severity gentoo remote execution multiple issues lighttpd

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in lighttpd, allowing remote attackers cause a Denial of Service condition or execute arbitrary SQL statements.

Background

lighttpd is a lightweight high-performance web server.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-servers/lighttpd < 1.4.35 >= 1.4.35

Impact

===== A remote attacker could create a Denial of Service condition. Futhermore, a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary SQL statements.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.