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List:       oss-security
Subject:    [oss-security] Re: CVE request: yet another lighttpd issue
From:       "Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus ! mitre ! org>
Date:       2008-03-10 20:44:50
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.51.0803101644450.18792 () faron ! mitre ! org
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Name: CVE-2008-1270
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1270
Reference: CONFIRM:http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1587
Reference: CONFIRM:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212930
Reference: CONFIRM:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2344

mod_userdir in lighttpd 1.4.18 and earlier, when userdir.path is not
set, uses a default of $HOME, which might allow remote attackers to
read arbitrary files, as demonstrated by accessing the ~nobody
directory.


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