lighttpd 1.3.7 buffer_urldecode information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in lighttpd 1.3.7 and classified as problematic. Affected is the function buffer_urldecode. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0453. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in lighttpd 1.3.7 (Web Server). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function buffer_urldecode. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The buffer_urldecode function in Lighttpd 1.3.7 and earlier does not properly handle control characters, which allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for CGI and FastCGI scripts via a URL with a %00 (null) character after the file extension.

The bug was discovered 02/16/2005. The weakness was disclosed 02/16/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at security.gentoo.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0453 since 02/16/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19104 (FreeBSD : lighttpd -- script source disclosure vulnerability (bdad9ada-8a52-11d9-9e53-000a95bc6fae)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19350), Tenable (19104), SecurityFocus (BID 12567†), OSVDB (13844†) and Secunia (SA14297†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 19104
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : lighttpd -- script source disclosure vulnerability (bdad9ada-8a52-11d9-9e53-000a95bc6fae)
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OpenVAS ID: 52169
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: lighttpd
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: security.gentoo.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0453 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0453
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23957
X-Force: 19350
SecurityFocus: 12567 - Lighttpd Remote CGI Script Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 14297
OSVDB: 13844 - CVE-2005-0453 - Lighttpd - Information Disclosure Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7134 - lighttpd 1.3.7 Allows Obtaining Source Code via buffer_urldecode Function, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 06/05/2019 17:38
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (68), 06/05/2019 17:38 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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