CVE-2005-0453

Medium

Description

The buffer_urldecode function in Lighttpd 1.3.7 and earlier does not properly handle control characters, which allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for CGI and FastCGI scripts via a URL with a %00 (null) character after the file extension.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductLighttpd
PublishedFeb 16, 2005
First seenFeb 16, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
lighttpd lighttpd1.3.7—

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