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lighttpd < 1.4.25-r1 Denial of Service

🗓️ 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00Reported by RootType 
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Lighttpd < 1.4.25-r1 Denial of Service vulnerability on Gentoo Linu

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

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

Background
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lighttpd is a lightweight high-performance web server.

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

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

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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All lighttpd users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
    ">=www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.25-r1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2010-0295
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0295

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201006-17.xml

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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06 Jun 2010 00:00Current
9.5High risk
Vulners AI Score9.5
EPSS0.12111
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