CVE-2005-0453

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

16/02/2005

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.3.7:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.lighttpd/1171
http://secunia.com/advisories/14297
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-21.xml
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.lighttpd/1171
http://secunia.com/advisories/14297
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-21.xml