SB2014031319 - Path traversal in lighttpd (Alpine package)
Published: March 13, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014031319
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2324)
CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=133948cdd0b748fcfb806fdc050fdef363240128
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=183b925f899b19195e4bed7a0623850446fe4268
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=643088022f2fdc5d44692d01c15ecf7792ce0b27
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=df84b8b81de6a209061ac87470a3cbeb544ed52d