CVE-2005-0453

Published Feb 16, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-0454 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 9:13 PM
Reserved
Feb 16, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 16, 2005, 5:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:11 PM