Detections
Analytics
Lighttpd < 1.4.19 Information Disclosure
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4411
Synopsis
The remote web server can be manipulated to disclose source code.Description
The remote host is running Lighttpd, a small web server. This version of Lighttpd is vulnerable to an information disclosure flaw. The 'mod_cgi' module, when put under a considerable load, could fail to fork its process. Such a failure would lead to the web server returning the source code of the CGI script that had been requested. An attacker exploiting this flaw would be able to gain access to potentially confidential data.Solution
Upgrade to version 1.4.19 or higher.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 4411
Family: Web Servers
Published: 3/5/2008
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:lighttpd:lighttpd
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1111, CVE-2008-1270