- ------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA-1540-3                  security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                          Thijs Kinkhorst
July 23, 2008                         http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : lighttpd
Vulnerability  : denial of service
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s)      : CVE-2008-1531

This update fixes a regression in lighttpd introduced in DSA-1540,
causing SSL failures. For reference the original advisory text is
quoted below.

It was discovered that lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory
footprint, was didn't correctly handle SSL errors.  This could allow
a remote attacker to disconnect all active SSL connections.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.4.13-4etch10.

We recommend that you upgrade your lighttpd package.

Upgrade instructions
- --------------------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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  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: New lighttpd packages fix regression

July 23, 2008
It was discovered that lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory footprint, was didn't correctly handle SSL errors

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