CVE-2007-3949 Security feature bypass in n/a
High 8.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-3949 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2007-3949 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jul 2007. 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-2007-3949 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-2007-3949/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3949/index.md)
Remote attackers can bypass URL access restrictions in lighttpd by appending trailing slashes, potentially accessing denied resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-3949?
CVE-2007-3949 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Jul 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
mod_access.c in lighttpd 1.4.15 ignores trailing / (slash) characters in the URL, which allows remote attackers to bypass url.access-deny settings.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3949?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Lighttpd Lighttpd.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3949?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2007-3949 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3949 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3949, GHSA-rxgv-x78r-p9p9.