48886 : lighttpd url.redirect / url.rewrite URL Decoding Remote Security Bypass
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-09-30

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-4359" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-4359 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 32132 32480 32834 32972 33948
Mail List Post: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
Other Advisory URL: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/3
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2278
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2307
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2309
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2310
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1720
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml
http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_rewrite_redirect_decode_url.patch
http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_05.txt
RedHat RHSA: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00364.html

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-10-03 | Disagree?

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