CVE-2008-1270

Description

mod_userdir in lighttpd 1.4.18 and earlier, when userdir.path is not set, uses a default of $HOME, which might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, as demonstrated by accessing the ~nobody directory.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41173

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212930

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0885/references

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28226

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489465/100/0/threaded

http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_03.txt

http://www.lighttpd.net/2008/3/10/1-4-19-made-in-germany

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1521

http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0106

http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1587

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/29636

http://secunia.com/advisories/29622

http://secunia.com/advisories/29403

http://secunia.com/advisories/29318

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3