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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA-1645-1] New lighttpd packages fix various problems



* Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org> [2008-10-06 19:29:51 CEST]:
> CVE-2008-4298
>     A memory leak in the http_request_parse function could be used by
>     remote attackers to cause lighttpd to consume memory, and cause a
>     denial of service attack.
> 
> CVE-2008-4359
>     Inconsistent handling of URL patterns could lead to the disclosure
>     of resources a server administrator did not anticipate when using
>     rewritten URLs.
>     
> CVE-2008-4360
>     Upon file systems which don't handle case-insensitive paths differently
>     it might be possible that unanticipated resources could be made available
>     by mod_userdir.
> 
> For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version
> 1.4.13-4etch11.
> 
> For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems will be fixed shortly.

 From reading the changelog these issues have all three been addressed
in the 1.4.19-5 upload which was done a week ago already. Was this
missed, or are the patches therein considered incomplete?

 Thanks,
Rhonda


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