Medium: lighttpd

Issue Overview:

An issue was discovered in mod_alias_physical_handler in mod_alias.c in lighttpd before 1.4.50. There is potential …/ path traversal of a single directory above an alias target, with a specific mod_alias configuration where the matched alias lacks a trailing ‘/’ character, but the alias target filesystem path does have a trailing ‘/’ character.(CVE-2018-19052)

Affected Packages:

lighttpd

Issue Correction:
Run yum update lighttpd to update your system.

New Packages:

i686:  
    lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.i686  
    lighttpd-debuginfo-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.i686  
    lighttpd-mod_authn_pam-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.i686  
    lighttpd-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.i686  
    lighttpd-mod_mysql_vhost-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.i686  
    lighttpd-mod_geoip-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.i686  
    lighttpd-mod_authn_gssapi-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.i686  
    lighttpd-mod_authn_mysql-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.i686  
  
src:  
    lighttpd-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    lighttpd-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.x86_64  
    lighttpd-mod_geoip-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.x86_64  
    lighttpd-mod_authn_pam-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.x86_64  
    lighttpd-mod_authn_gssapi-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.x86_64  
    lighttpd-mod_mysql_vhost-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.x86_64  
    lighttpd-debuginfo-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.x86_64  
    lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.x86_64  
    lighttpd-mod_authn_mysql-1.4.53-1.36.amzn1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-19052

Mitre: CVE-2018-19052