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Medium
CVE-2005-0453
The buffer_urldecode function in Lighttpd 1.3.7 and earlier does not...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.3.7
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 16th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.