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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2877-1 (lighttpd - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

10 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the lighttpd web server. CVE-2014-2323 Jann Horn discovered that specially crafted host names can be used to inject arbitrary MySQL queries in lighttpd servers using the MySQL virtual hosting module (mod_mysql_vhost). This only affects installations with the lighttpd-mod-mysql-vhost binary package installed and in use. CVE-2014-2324 Jann Horn discovered that specially crafted host names can be used to traverse outside of the document root under certain situations in lighttpd servers using either the mod_mysql_vhost, mod_evhost, or mod_simple_vhost virtual hosting modules. Servers not using these modules are not affected.

Affected Software

Affected Software

lighttpd on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.28-2+squeeze1.6. For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.31-4+deb7u3. For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.33-1+nmu3. We recommend that you upgrade your lighttpd packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)