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CVE-2013-4559 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2013_02.txt	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00049.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141576815022399&w=2	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55682	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10310	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2795	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/12/4	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2013_02.txt	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00049.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141576815022399&w=2	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55682	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10310	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2795	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/12/4	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
lighttpd lighttpd	< 1.4.33
CPE cpe:2.3:a:lighttpd:lighttpd:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	6.0 7.0 8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse	12.2 12.3 13.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 26, 2021	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 19, 2021	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 18, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 8, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 23, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 20, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2013-4559 Details

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