CVE-2005-2008 Information disclosure in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-2008 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2005-2008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2008 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2008/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2008/index.md)
Remote attackers can obtain source code for Yaws scripts by appending a null byte to the request URL.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-2008?
CVE-2005-2008 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Yaws Webserver 1.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for yaws scripts via a request to a yaw script with a trailing %00 (null).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2008?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Yaws Webserver.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2008?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2005-2008 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2008 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2008, GHSA-fv9j-hq3g-xg3x.