CVE-2008-4359

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4359
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-03 17:41:00 UTC
Updated2018-11-29 15:46:00 UTC
Descriptionlighttpd before 1.4.20 compares URIs to patterns in the (1) url.redirect and (2) url.rewrite configuration settings before performing URL decoding, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, and obtain sensitive information or possibly modify data.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd All All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian update for lighttpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Lighttpd - Bug #1720: Rewrite/redirect rules and URL encoding - lighty labs CONFIRM trac.lighttpd.net Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: lighttpd issues MLIST openwall.com Mailing List
Webmail | OVH- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
rPath update for lighttpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE request: lighttpd issues MLIST openwall.com Mailing List
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 - rPath Wiki CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com Third Party Advisory
Changeset 2278 – lighttpd – Trac CONFIRM trac.lighttpd.net Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
SUSE update for phpMyAdmin and lighttpd - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Changeset 2309 – lighttpd – Trac CONFIRM trac.lighttpd.net Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Changeset 2310 – lighttpd – Trac CONFIRM trac.lighttpd.net Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: lighttpd issues MLIST openwall.com Mailing List
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Lighttpd URI Rewrite/Redirect Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changeset 2307 – lighttpd – Trac CONFIRM trac.lighttpd.net Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1645-1 lighttpd DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_05.txt CONFIRM www.lighttpd.net Vendor Advisory
www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_rewrite_redirect_decode_url.patch CONFIRM www.lighttpd.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
lighttpd: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 - rPath Wiki CONFIRM wiki.rpath.com Third Party Advisory
lighttpd Weakness and Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA32972 - Gentoo update for lighttpd - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:026 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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