CVE-2008-1111

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1111
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-04 23:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionmod_cgi in lighttpd 1.4.18 sends the source code of CGI scripts instead of a 500 error when a fork failure occurs, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd 1.4.18 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo update for lighttpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0106 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Changeset 2107 - lighttpd - secure, fast, compliant, and very flexible web-server - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.lighttpd.net
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Bug 211956 - www-servers/lighttpd <1.4.18-r2 mod_cgi vulnerability (CVE-2008-1111) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: lighttpd-1.4.18-3.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:08 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
lighttpd mod_cgi and mod_userdir Information Disclosure Security Issues - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for lighttpd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for lighttpd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: lighttpd-1.4.18-6.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2326 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1513-1 lighttpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Lighttpd 'mod_cgi' Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rPath update for lighttpd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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