[ GLSA 200803-10 ] lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 200803-10)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: March 05, 2008
Bug(s): #211230, #211956
ID: 200803-10

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in lighttpd.

Background

lighttpd is a lightweight high-performance web server.

Affected Packages

Package: www-servers/lighttpd
Vulnerable: < 1.4.18-r2
Unaffected: >= 1.4.18-r2
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

lighttpd contains a calculation error when allocating the global file descriptor array (CVE-2008-0983). Furthermore, it sends the source of a CGI script instead of returning a 500 error (Internal Server Error) when the fork() system call fails (CVE-2008-1111).

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of Service or gain the source of a CGI script.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All lighttpd users should upgrade to the latest version: