Amazon Linux 1 (EOL) Security Advisory: ALAS-2012-107
Advisory Released Date: 2012-07-09
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-14
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
Integer signedness error in the base64_decode function in the HTTP authentication functionality (http_auth.c) in lighttpd 1.4 before 1.4.30 and 1.5 before SVN revision 2806 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via crafted base64 input that triggers an out-of-bounds read with a negative index.
Affected Packages:
lighttpd
Issue Correction:
Run yum update lighttpd to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.31-1.2.amzn1.i686
lighttpd-mod_mysql_vhost-1.4.31-1.2.amzn1.i686
lighttpd-debuginfo-1.4.31-1.2.amzn1.i686
lighttpd-mod_geoip-1.4.31-1.2.amzn1.i686
lighttpd-1.4.31-1.2.amzn1.i686
src:
lighttpd-1.4.31-1.2.amzn1.src
x86_64:
lighttpd-fastcgi-1.4.31-1.2.amzn1.x86_64
lighttpd-debuginfo-1.4.31-1.2.amzn1.x86_64
lighttpd-1.4.31-1.2.amzn1.x86_64
lighttpd-mod_geoip-1.4.31-1.2.amzn1.x86_64
lighttpd-mod_mysql_vhost-1.4.31-1.2.amzn1.x86_64