CVE-2013-4559
First published: Tue Nov 19 2013(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/lighttpd | 1.4.53-4+deb10u2 1.4.53-4+deb10u3 1.4.59-1+deb11u2 1.4.69-1 | |
| Lighttpd Lighttpd | <1.4.33 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =6.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =12.2 | |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =12.3 | |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =13.1 |
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Reference Links
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4559
- http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2013_02.txt
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00049.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141576815022399&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55682
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/12/4
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10310
- https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2795
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/tags
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- package-manager/debian
- vendor/lighttpd
- canonical/lighttpd lighttpd
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/6.0
- version/debian debian linux/7.0
- version/debian debian linux/8.0
- vendor/opensuse
- canonical/opensuse opensuse
- version/opensuse opensuse/12.2
- version/opensuse opensuse/12.3
- version/opensuse opensuse/13.1