Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package lighttpd  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIGHTTPD-631908
  • published14 Mar 2014
  • disclosed14 Mar 2014

Introduced: 14 Mar 2014

CVE-2014-2324  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream lighttpd package and not the lighttpd package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in (1) mod_evhost and (2) mod_simple_vhost in lighttpd before 1.4.35 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the host name, related to request_check_hostname.