CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1270
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-03-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
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.
Affected configurations
• lighttpd lighttpd (<= 1.4.18)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29318 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29403 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29636 Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1587 trac.lighttpd.net
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0106 wiki.rpath.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1521 www.debian.org
- http://www.lighttpd.net/2008/3/10/1-4-19-made-in-germany www.lighttpd.net
- http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_03.txt www.lighttpd.net
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489465/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28226 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0885/references www.vupen.com
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212930 bugs.gentoo.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41173 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2344 Exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29318 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29403 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29636 Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1587 trac.lighttpd.net
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0106 wiki.rpath.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1521 www.debian.org
- http://www.lighttpd.net/2008/3/10/1-4-19-made-in-germany www.lighttpd.net
- http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_03.txt www.lighttpd.net
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489465/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28226 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0885/references www.vupen.com
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212930 bugs.gentoo.org
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41173 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2344 Exploit