CVE-2013-4559

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4559
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-11-20 14:12:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-26 15:14:00 UTC
Descriptionlighttpd before 1.4.33 does not check the return value of the (1) setuid, (2) setgid, or (3) setgroups functions, which might cause lighttpd to run as root if it is restarted and allows remote attackers to gain privileges, as demonstrated by multiple calls to the clone function that cause setuid to fail when the user process limit is reached.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd All All All All
Application Lighttpd Lighttpd All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All

References

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download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2013_02.txt CONFIRM download.lighttpd.net Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2795-2 lighttpd DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
McAfee Security Bulletin - Network Security Manager/Network Security Platform/Network Threat Behavior Analysis update fixes multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-4559, CVE-2015-3200, CVE-2016-2183, CVE-2020-7256, CVE-2020-7258) CONFIRM kc.mcafee.com Third Party Advisory
JVN#37417423: Multiple vulnerabilities in SolarView Compact JVN jvn.jp Third Party Advisory
'[security bulletin] HPSBGN03191 rev.1 - HP Remote Device Access: Virtual Customer Access System (vCA' - MARC HP marc.info Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: lighttpd multiple issues (setuid/... unchecked return value, FAM: read after free) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:0072-1: moderate: update for lighttpd SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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