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CVE-2014-2324 json

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in (1) mod_evhost and (2) mod_simple_vhost in lighttpd before 1.4.35 allow remote attackers to…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-2361

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
29.5%
EPSS 29.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in (1) mod_evhost and (2) mod_simple_vhost in lighttpd before 1.4.35 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the host name, related to request_check_hostname.

Patch / fix

  • lighttpd lighttpd 1.4.35
  • contec sv-cpt-mc310_firmware 6.5
  • lighttpd Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4.33-1+nmu3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2324

  • lighttpd Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.4.33-1+nmu2ubuntu2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2324

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • lighttpd openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.4.37-1.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10402-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-2324 updated cvss 4.3

lighttpd: SQL injection and directory traversal vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

29.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • download.lighttpd.net http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2014_01.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/561 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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