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CVE-2005-0453

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.

Published

2005-02-16T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	lighttpd	lighttpd	1.3.7	Yes

References

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.lighttpd/1171 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/14297 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-21.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.lighttpd/1171 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/14297 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-21.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)