PT-2008-2862 · Lighttpd · Lighttpd

Julien Cayzac · Published 2008-03-10 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2008-1270

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions lighttpd versions 1.4.18 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files. This is demonstrated by accessing the ~nobody directory when the userdir.path is not set, and the default of $HOME is used.

Recommendations For lighttpd versions 1.4.18 and earlier, set the userdir.path to prevent the use of the default $HOME directory, which could allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1270

DSA-1521-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10585-1

Affected Products

Lighttpd

References · 32

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31396 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2344 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29318 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1270 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10585-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1521 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1270 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1270 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29403 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29636 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1270 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28226 · Note