CVE-2008-1270

Name	CVE-2008-1270
Description	mod_userdir in lighttpd 1.4.18 and earlier, when userdir.path is not set, uses a default of $HOME, which might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, as demonstrated by accessing the ~nobody directory.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1521-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
lighttpd (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	1.4.35-4+deb8u1	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	1.4.45-1+deb9u1	fixed
	buster	1.4.53-4+deb10u2	fixed
	buster (security)	1.4.53-4+deb10u3	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	1.4.59-1+deb11u2	fixed
	sid, bookworm	1.4.69-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
lighttpd	source	etch	1.4.13-4etch6		DSA-1521-1
lighttpd	source	(unstable)	1.4.19-1

user configuration error, default documented in moduserdir documentation