Release Info¶

• Version: 1.4.42
• Previous version: 1.4.41
• Branch: 1.4
• Status: stable
• Release Purpose: bug fixes
• Release manager: gstrauss
• Released date: 2016-10-16

Important changes from 1.4.41¶

• new modules, expanded features, rewritten auth framework
• fix bugs introduced in 1.4.40/1.4.41

Downloads¶

• http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-1.4.x/lighttpd-1.4.42.tar.gz
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• http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/releases-1.4.x/lighttpd-1.4.42.tar.xz
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Highlights¶

• new modules, expanded features
  • performance: use extended socket/file syscalls and flags
  • rewritten auth framework
    • updated mod_authn_ldap
    • new mod_authn_gssapi
    • new mod_authn_mysql
  • new mod_deflate
  • new mod_geoip
  • new mod_uploadprogress
  • mod_dirlisting sortable columns
  • mod_fastcgi support for authorizer, responder keyed with same path/extension
  • mod_cgi permit CGI exec of unreadable files
  • mod_scgi support for uwsgi protocol for Python WSGI backends
  • add some SSL_* variables to CGI environment
• bug fixes
  • remove preemptive shutdown() to backend
  • fix backend socket connect issue: enforce wait for POLLWR after EINPROGRESS
  • fix crash if ready events on abandoned fd
  • fix broken digest auth
• behavior changes
  • behavior change in mod_ssi to conform to same CGI env as CGI, FastCGI, SCGI:
    • REQUEST_URI is original client request, instead of URI modified by mod_rewrite.
    • DOCUMENT_ROOT changes if mod_alias or mod_userdir changes basedir.

Changes from 1.4.41¶

• [TLS] SSL_shutdown() only if handshake finished
• [mod_proxy,mod_scgi] shutdown remote only if local (#2743)
• [core] check if client half-closed TCP if POLLHUP (#2743)
• [core] enforce wait for POLLWR after EINPROGRESS (fixes #2744)
• [core] do not enter handler twice after read body
• [core] proxy,scgi omit shutdown() to backend (fixes #2743)
• [mod_dirlisting] dirlist does not handle POST
• [mod_dirlisting] js column sort for dirlist table (fixes #613, fixes #2315)
• [mod_auth] Digest auth fails after rewrite (fixes #2745)
• [mod_auth] refactor out auth backend code
• [mod_auth] extensible interface for auth backends
• [core] better DragonFlyBSD support (fixes #2746)
• [mod_auth] include base.h for USE_OPENSSL def
• [mod_auth] support CRYPT-MD5-NTLM algorithm (fixes #1743)
• [mod_auth] terminate salt for CRYPT-MD5-NTLM
• [core] fix crash if ready events on abandoned fd (fixes #2748)
• [mod_auth] http_auth_md5_hex2bin()
• [mod_auth] remove empty mod_auth.h
• [mod_auth] mod_authn_mysql.c MySQL auth backend (fixes #752, fixes #1845)
• [mod_cgi] permit CGI exec of unreadable files (fixes #2374)
• [mod_uploadprogress] add to default build
• [mod_geoip] add to default build (fixes #2705, fixes #2101, fixes #2092, fixes #2025, fixes #1962, fixes #1938)
• [mod_fastcgi] Authorizer support with Responder (fixes #321, fixes #322)
• [tests] test coverage for issues (#321, #322)
• dynamic handlers store debug flag in handler_ctx
• [mod_fastcgi] allow authorizer, responder for same path/ext (#321)
• backport mod_deflate to lighttpd 1.4 (fixes #1824, fixes #2753)
• [autobuild] test_configfile might need vector.c (fixes #2752)
• [mod_deflate] fix longjmp clobber compiler warning
• remove unused array type TYPE_COUNT data_count
• [mod_auth] structured data, register auth schemes
• [mod_auth] mod_authn_gssapi Kerberos auth backend (fixes #1899)
• [autobuild] skip two new tests if no fcgi-auth
• [SCons] define with_krb5 for SCons build
• [SCons] fix syntax error in SConstruct
• [SCons] define with_geoip for SCons build
• [CMake] fix clang -Wcast-align warnings in lemon.c
• remove excess initializers (fix compiler warnings)
• fix errors detected by Coverity Scan
• performance: use Linux extended syscalls and flags
• [mod_scgi] add uwsgi protocol support
• [mod_auth] refactor LDAP code into smaller funcs
• [mod_auth] HTTP Basic auth backends also do authz (#1817)
• [mod_auth] ldap filter subst user for multiple '$' (fixes #1508)
• [mod_auth] permit specifying ldap DN; skip search (fixes #1248)
• [autobuild] update module/feature report
• [cmake] build mod_authn_gssapi if WITH_KRB5
• [mod_auth] fix printing of IP in error trace
• [mod_mysql_vhost] support multiple '?' replacement (fixes #2163)
• [core] make server.max-request-size scopeable (#1901)
• [core] server.max-request-field-size (fixes #2130)
• [core] optional condition in config "else" clause (fixes #1268)
• [core] restrict where config "else" clauses occur (#1268)
• silence warnings from clang ccc-analyzer
• consistent, shared code to create CGI env
• [TLS] replace env entries in https_add_ssl_entries
• [TLS] set SSL_CLIENT_M_SERIAL w/ client cert SN (fixes #2268)
• [TLS] set SSL_CLIENT_VERIFY w/ client cert (#1288, #2693)
• [TLS] set SSL_PROTOCOL, SSL_CIPHER* (fixes #2511)
• [core] rand.[ch] to use better RNGs when available
• [mod_cgi] fix pipe_cloexec() when no O_CLOEXEC
• ignore return value from fcntl() FD_CLOEXEC
• build w/o compiler warnings if no zlib or bz2lib

External references¶

• http://www.lighttpd.net/2016/10/16/1.4.42