MGASA-2013-0334

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MGASA-2013-0334

Summary: Updated lighttpd packages fix multiple security vulnerbilities

Details: Updated lighttpd packages fix security vulnerabilities: lighttpd before 1.4.34, when SNI is enabled, configures weak SSL ciphers, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions by inserting packets into the client-server data stream or obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network (CVE-2013-4508). In lighttpd before 1.4.34, if setuid() fails for any reason, for instance if an environment limits the number of processes a user can have and the target uid already is at the limit, lighttpd will run as root. A user who can run CGI scripts could clone() often; in this case a lighttpd restart would end up with lighttpd running as root, and the CGI scripts would run as root too (CVE-2013-4559). In lighttpd before 1.4.34, if "fam" is enabled and there are directories reachable from configured doc roots and aliases on which FAMMonitorDirectory fails, a remote client could trigger a DoS (CVE-2013-4560).

References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0334.html, http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2013_01.txt, http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2013_02.txt, http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2013_03.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2795, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11662