Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 16, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-0453

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.

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Affected products

Lighttpd/Lighttpd2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=1.3.7

Patches

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References

article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.web.lighttpd/1171nvdPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/14297nvdPatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-21.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory

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