National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1111

Overview

mod_cgi in lighttpd 1.4.18 sends the source code of CGI scripts instead of a 500 error when a fork failure occurs, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-2278

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00180.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-2262

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00162.html

External Source: MISC

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2326

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2326

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211956

Hyperlink:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211956

External Source: XF

Name: lighttpd-modcgi-information-disclosure(41008)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41008

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0763

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0763

External Source: BID

Name: 28100

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28100

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080312 rPSA-2008-0106-1 lighttpd

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/489465/100/0/threaded

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1513

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1513

External Source: MISC

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0106

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0106

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2107

Hyperlink:http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2107

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200803-10

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-10.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29622

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29622

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29318

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29318

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29275

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29275

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29268

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29268

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29235

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29235

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29209

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29209

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:008

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html