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CVE-2005-0453

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2005-03-01 lighttpd -- script source disclosure vulnerability

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CVE-2005-0453 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2005-0453
Phase Assigned(20050216)

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.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.lighttpd/1171
GENTOO GLSA-200502-21
SECUNIA 14297

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