Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in lighttpd.
| Package | www-servers/lighttpd on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.4.18-r2 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.4.18-r2 |
lighttpd is a lightweight high-performance web server.
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).
A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of Service or gain the source of a CGI script.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All lighttpd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.18-r2"