CVE-2005-0453
N/A
Published: February 16, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLighttpd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.lighttpd/1171Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/14297Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-21.xmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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