CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-4559

Published: Nov 20, 2013 | Modified: Feb 26, 2021
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.6 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

lighttpd before 1.4.33 does not check the return value of the (1) setuid, (2) setgid, or (3) setgroups functions, which might cause lighttpd to run as root if it is restarted and allows remote attackers to gain privileges, as demonstrated by multiple calls to the clone function that cause setuid to fail when the user process limit is reached.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Lighttpd Lighttpd * 1.4.33 (excluding)

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