Package : lighttpd
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem type : repmote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-4727
A problem was discovered in lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory
footprint, which could allow the execution of arbitary code via the
overflow of CGI variables when mod_fcgi was enabled.
This updated advisory correctly patches the security issue, which was
not handled in DSA-1362-1.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
1.4.13-4etch4.
We recommend that you upgrade your lighttpd package.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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