CVE-2008-4359

Publication date 3 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

lighttpd before 1.4.20 compares URIs to patterns in the (1) url.redirect and (2) url.rewrite configuration settings before performing URL decoding, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, and obtain sensitive information or possibly modify data.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
lighttpd	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Not affected
	8.10 intrepid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored end of life
	7.04 feisty	Ignored end of life
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

according to http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/show/1720, the upstream patch has been reverted due to too many regressions. As such, future versions will need to be checked to ensure it is fixed

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
lighttpd	Debdiff: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/lighttpd/+bug/279490

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4359