Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for lighttpd. This fixes a weakness and two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, and cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for lighttpd
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32972
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32972/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for lighttpd. This fixes a weakness and
two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
disclose potentially sensitive information, bypass certain security
restrictions, and cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA32069
SOLUTION:
Update to "www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.20" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA-200812-04:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32069:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32069/
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