Directory Traversal Affecting lighttpd package, versions [,1.4.35)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
72.95% (99th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIGHTTPD-2383251
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Mar 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Mar 2014

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

How to fix?

Upgrade lighttpd to version 1.4.35 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal. 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.

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