Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2010_01.txt http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/1a3bd81f-1b25-11df-bd1a-002170daae37.html
Insight
The following package is affected: lighttpd
CVE-2010-0295
lighttpd before 1.4.26, and 1.5.x, allocates a buffer for each read operation that occurs for a request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by breaking a request into small pieces that are sent at a slow rate.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-0295 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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