Description

lighttpd before 1.4.20 compares URIs to patterns in the (1) url.redirect and (2) url.rewrite configuration settings before performing URL decoding, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, and obtain sensitive information or possibly modify data.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 3, 2008, 5:41 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-4359 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Lighttpd lighttpd
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-4359.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/1 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/2 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/3 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/32069 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32132 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32480 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32834 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32972 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml Third Party Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2278 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2307 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2309 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2310 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1720 Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645 Third Party Advisory
http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_rewrite_redirect_decode_url.patch Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_05.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31599 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45690 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/1 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/2 Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/3 Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/32069 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32132 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32480 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32834 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32972 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml Third Party Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2278 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2307 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2309 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2310 Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1720 Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645 Third Party Advisory
http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_rewrite_redirect_decode_url.patch Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_05.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31599 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45690 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-4359 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-4359 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
    Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/1
    Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/2
    Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/3
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32069
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32132
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32480
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32834
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/32972
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml
    Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2278
    Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2307
    Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2309
    Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2310
    Added Reference http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1720
    Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309
    Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645
    Added Reference http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_05.txt
    Added Reference http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_rewrite_redirect_decode_url.patch
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31599
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45690
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 29, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32132 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32132 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2278 Exploit http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2278 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2310 Exploit http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2310 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32480 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32480 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32834 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32834 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1720 No Types Assigned http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1720 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/3 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/3 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/2 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/2 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/1 No Types Assigned http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/1 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32972 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32972 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/32069 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/32069 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 No Types Assigned http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 No Types Assigned http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_05.txt No Types Assigned http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_05.txt Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_rewrite_redirect_decode_url.patch Patch http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_rewrite_redirect_decode_url.patch Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31599 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31599 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2309 Exploit http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2309 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45690 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45690 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2307 Exploit http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2307 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.1.9 OR *cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.4.20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45690 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45690 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-4359 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-4359 weaknesses.

CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-59: Session Credential Falsification through Prediction Session Credential Falsification through Prediction CAPEC-60: Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-116: Excavation Excavation CAPEC-169: Footprinting Footprinting CAPEC-224: Fingerprinting Fingerprinting CAPEC-285: ICMP Echo Request Ping ICMP Echo Request Ping CAPEC-287: TCP SYN Scan TCP SYN Scan CAPEC-290: Enumerate Mail Exchange (MX) Records Enumerate Mail Exchange (MX) Records CAPEC-291: DNS Zone Transfers DNS Zone Transfers CAPEC-292: Host Discovery Host Discovery CAPEC-293: Traceroute Route Enumeration Traceroute Route Enumeration CAPEC-294: ICMP Address Mask Request ICMP Address Mask Request CAPEC-295: Timestamp Request Timestamp Request CAPEC-296: ICMP Information Request ICMP Information Request CAPEC-297: TCP ACK Ping TCP ACK Ping CAPEC-298: UDP Ping UDP Ping CAPEC-299: TCP SYN Ping TCP SYN Ping CAPEC-300: Port Scanning Port Scanning CAPEC-301: TCP Connect Scan TCP Connect Scan CAPEC-302: TCP FIN Scan TCP FIN Scan CAPEC-303: TCP Xmas Scan TCP Xmas Scan CAPEC-304: TCP Null Scan TCP Null Scan CAPEC-305: TCP ACK Scan TCP ACK Scan CAPEC-306: TCP Window Scan TCP Window Scan CAPEC-307: TCP RPC Scan TCP RPC Scan CAPEC-308: UDP Scan UDP Scan CAPEC-309: Network Topology Mapping Network Topology Mapping CAPEC-310: Scanning for Vulnerable Software Scanning for Vulnerable Software CAPEC-312: Active OS Fingerprinting Active OS Fingerprinting CAPEC-313: Passive OS Fingerprinting Passive OS Fingerprinting CAPEC-317: IP ID Sequencing Probe IP ID Sequencing Probe CAPEC-318: IP 'ID' Echoed Byte-Order Probe IP 'ID' Echoed Byte-Order Probe CAPEC-319: IP (DF) 'Don't Fragment Bit' Echoing Probe IP (DF) 'Don't Fragment Bit' Echoing Probe CAPEC-320: TCP Timestamp Probe TCP Timestamp Probe CAPEC-321: TCP Sequence Number Probe TCP Sequence Number Probe CAPEC-322: TCP (ISN) Greatest Common Divisor Probe TCP (ISN) Greatest Common Divisor Probe CAPEC-323: TCP (ISN) Counter Rate Probe TCP (ISN) Counter Rate Probe CAPEC-324: TCP (ISN) Sequence Predictability Probe TCP (ISN) Sequence Predictability Probe CAPEC-325: TCP Congestion Control Flag (ECN) Probe TCP Congestion Control Flag (ECN) Probe CAPEC-326: TCP Initial Window Size Probe TCP Initial Window Size Probe CAPEC-327: TCP Options Probe TCP Options Probe CAPEC-328: TCP 'RST' Flag Checksum Probe TCP 'RST' Flag Checksum Probe CAPEC-329: ICMP Error Message Quoting Probe ICMP Error Message Quoting Probe CAPEC-330: ICMP Error Message Echoing Integrity Probe ICMP Error Message Echoing Integrity Probe CAPEC-472: Browser Fingerprinting Browser Fingerprinting CAPEC-497: File Discovery File Discovery CAPEC-508: Shoulder Surfing Shoulder Surfing CAPEC-573: Process Footprinting Process Footprinting CAPEC-574: Services Footprinting Services Footprinting CAPEC-575: Account Footprinting Account Footprinting CAPEC-576: Group Permission Footprinting Group Permission Footprinting CAPEC-577: Owner Footprinting Owner Footprinting CAPEC-616: Establish Rogue Location Establish Rogue Location CAPEC-643: Identify Shared Files/Directories on System Identify Shared Files/Directories on System CAPEC-646: Peripheral Footprinting Peripheral Footprinting CAPEC-651: Eavesdropping Eavesdropping
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

6.64 }} 5.55%

score

0.93725

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability