lighttpd < 1.4.35 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8159

Synopsis

The remote server is running a version of lighttpd that is unpatched for multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

Versions older than 1.4.35 are vulnerable to the following issues:

- Insufficient user input sanitation on the hostname in the 'mod_mysql_vhost' module could be leveraged for a SQL injection attack (CVE-2014-2323)

- Insufficient user input sanitation on the hostname in 'mod_evhost' and 'mod_simple_vhost' modules could be leveraged for directory traversal attacks (CVE-2014-2324)

Solution

Update lighttpd to version 1.4.35 or later.

See Also

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/561

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/564

http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2014_01.txt

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/118

http://www.lighttpd.net/2014/3/12/1.4.35

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 8159

Family: Web Servers

Published: 3/13/2014

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 73123

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:lighttpd:lighttpd

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2323, CVE-2014-2324

BID: 66153, 66157