[pkg-lighttpd] Bug#475438: lighttpd: CVE-2008-1531 SSL connection loss can be triggered by SSL errors

[Nico Golde]

Package: lighttpd
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for lighttpd.


CVE-2008-1531[0]:
| lighttpd 1.4.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial
| of service (active SSL connection loss) by triggering an SSL error,
| such as disconnecting before a download has finished, which causes all
| active SSL connections to be lost.

Please use:
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/attachment/ticket/285/committed-patch-1.4.19.patch
to patch this and not the referenced trac changeset because 
it contains a bug (see #474951).

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1531
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-1531

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