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TITLE:
lighttpd mod_cgi Information Disclosure Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29235

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29235/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
lighttpd 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/4661/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in lighttpd, which can be
exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive
information.

The security issue is caused due to an error in mod_cgi, which can
lead to the disclosure of source code when lighttpd is unable to
fork.

The security issue is reported in version 1.4.18.

SOLUTION:
The security issue is fixed in the SVN repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported in a Gentoo bug.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2107
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211956

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