Debian Security Advisory DSA 1362-1 (lighttpd)

Summary
The remote host is missing an update to lighttpd announced via advisory DSA 1362-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201362-1
Insight
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in lighttpd, a fast webserver with minimal memory footprint. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2007-3946 The use of mod_auth could leave to a denial of service attack crashing the webserver CVE-2007-3947 The improper handling of repeated HTTP headers could cause a denial of serve attack crashing the webserver. CVE-2007-3949 A bug in mod_access potentially allows remote users to bypass access restrictions via trailing slash characters. CVE-2007-3950 On 32-bit platforms users may be able to create denial of service attacks, crashing the webserver, via mod_webdav, mod_fastcgi, or mod_scgi. For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.13-4etch3. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.16-1. We recommend that you upgrade your lighttpd package.