Security update for lighttpd

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0728-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for lighttpd fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed: - CVE-2016-1000212: don't allow requests to set the HTTP_PROXY variable. As *CGI apps might pick it up and use it for outgoing requests (bsc#990847). - CVE-2015-3200: log injection via malformed base64 string in Authentication header (bsc#932286).

Bugfixes: - added su directive to logrotate file as the directory is owned by lighttpd. (bsc#981347) - fix out of bounds read in mod_scgi (debian#857255)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP1-2017-409=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP1-2017-409=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP2-2017-409=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP2-2017-409=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-409=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • lighttpd-debuginfo-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-debugsource-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-1.4.35-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • lighttpd-debuginfo-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-debugsource-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-1.4.35-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP2 (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • lighttpd-debuginfo-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-debugsource-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-1.4.35-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • lighttpd-debuginfo-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-debugsource-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-1.4.35-3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • lighttpd-mod_mysql_vhost-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-mod_trigger_b4_dl-debuginfo-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-mod_cml-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-mod_webdav-debuginfo-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-mod_magnet-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-mod_trigger_b4_dl-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-mod_rrdtool-debuginfo-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-mod_webdav-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-mod_cml-debuginfo-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-mod_rrdtool-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-mod_mysql_vhost-debuginfo-1.4.35-3.1
    • lighttpd-mod_magnet-debuginfo-1.4.35-3.1

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