CVE-2007-4727

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4727
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2007-4727.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2007-4727
Published
2007-09-12T19:17:00Z
Modified
2025-04-09T00:30:58Z
Downstream
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer overflow in the fcgienvadd function in modproxybackendfastcgi.c in the modfastcgi extension in lighttpd before 1.4.18 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary CGI variables and execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long content length, as demonstrated by overwriting the SCRIPT_FILENAME variable, aka a "header overflow."

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / lighttpd

Package

Name
lighttpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lighttpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.18-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:12 / lighttpd

Package

Name
lighttpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lighttpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.18-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Debian:13 / lighttpd

Package

Name
lighttpd
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lighttpd?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.18-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}