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Gentoo update for lighttpd
Secunia Advisory: SA29209
Release Date: 2008-03-06
Popularity: 2,089 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-0983
CVE-2008-1111


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for lighttpd. This fixes a security issue and a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information or cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA29066
SA29235

Solution:
Update to "www-servers/lighttpd-1.4.18-r2" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200803-10.xml

Other References:
SA29066:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29066/

SA29235:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29235/


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