CVE-2008-4359
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-03 17:18Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 34b22f64932aabbdc273e72f1c40a1e189dd7e8047fb2d05d220598dc90bafdc
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com32069http://secunia.com/advisories/32069
- trac.lighttpd.nethttp://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2307
- www.lighttpd.nethttp://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_05.txt
- secunia.com32972http://secunia.com/advisories/32972
- trac.lighttpd.nethttp://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2278
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309
- www.securityfocus.com31599http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31599
- secunia.com32834http://secunia.com/advisories/32834
- trac.lighttpd.nethttp://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1720
- trac.lighttpd.nethttp://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2309
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309
- secunia.com32132http://secunia.com/advisories/32132
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20080930 Re: CVE request: lighttpd issueshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/1
- www.securityfocus.com20081030 rPSA-2008-0309-1 lighttpdhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded
- trac.lighttpd.nethttp://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2310
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2741http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741
- www.debian.orgDSA-1645http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20080930 Re: Re: CVE request: lighttpd issueshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/3
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlighttpd-urlredirect-rewrite-info-disclosure(45690)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45690
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20080930 Re: CVE request: lighttpd issueshttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/2
- secunia.com32480http://secunia.com/advisories/32480
- www.lighttpd.nethttp://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_rewrite_redirect_decode_url.patch
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:026http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200812-04http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- lighttpd Fixed in 1.4.19-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- lighttpd Fixed in 1.4.19-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- lighttpd Fixed in 1.4.19-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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