CVE-2008-1270 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html http://secunia.com/advisories/29318 http://secunia.com/advisories/29403 http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 http://secunia.com/advisories/29636 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-08.xml http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1587 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0106 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1521 http://www.lighttpd.net/2008/3/10/1-4-19-made-in-germany http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_03.txt http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489465/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28226 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0885/references https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212930 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41173 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2344