Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for lighttpd. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Fedora update for lighttpd
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39765
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39765/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for lighttpd. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).
For more information:
SA38403
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update lighttpd").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-7636:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041264.html
FEDORA-2010-7643:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041307.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38403:
http://secunia.com/SA38403/
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