Security update for lighttpd

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0731-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4

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)

Bug fixes:

  • Add su directive to logrotate file as the directory is owned by lighttpd. (bsc#981347)
  • Fix out of bounds read in mod_scgi.

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 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slehasp4-lighttpd-13033=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slehasp4-lighttpd-13033=1 slesappsp4-lighttpd-13033=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch sdksp4-lighttpd-13033=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • lighttpd-1.4.20-2.58.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • lighttpd-1.4.20-2.58.1
    • lighttpd-mod_mysql_vhost-1.4.20-2.58.1
    • lighttpd-mod_rrdtool-1.4.20-2.58.1
    • lighttpd-mod_trigger_b4_dl-1.4.20-2.58.1
    • lighttpd-mod_magnet-1.4.20-2.58.1
    • lighttpd-mod_webdav-1.4.20-2.58.1
    • lighttpd-mod_cml-1.4.20-2.58.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • lighttpd-1.4.20-2.58.1
    • lighttpd-mod_mysql_vhost-1.4.20-2.58.1
    • lighttpd-mod_rrdtool-1.4.20-2.58.1
    • lighttpd-mod_trigger_b4_dl-1.4.20-2.58.1
    • lighttpd-mod_magnet-1.4.20-2.58.1
    • lighttpd-mod_webdav-1.4.20-2.58.1
    • lighttpd-mod_cml-1.4.20-2.58.1

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