# CVE-2013-0348: Information disclosure in n/a

> Local attackers can read sensitive information from world-readable log files in thttpd web server installations.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 Dec 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5gq9-53hm-pcvx

## What is CVE-2013-0348?

CVE-2013-0348 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Dec 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

thttpd.c in sthttpd before 2.26.4-r2 and thttpd 2.25b use world-readable permissions for /var/log/thttpd.log, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0348?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Acme Thttpd, Fedoraproject Fedora, Gentoo Linux, Open Source Development Team Sthttpd, Opensuse Opensuse.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-0348?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2013-0348 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0348 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora

- [CVE-2007-0158](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0158/): thttpd 2007 has buffer underflow. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2009-4491](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4491/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2001-1496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1496/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2003-0899](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0899/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2012-5640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5640/): Null dereference in thttpd (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-0348 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-0348 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Dec 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0348 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. 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-2013-0348/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0348/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0348
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0348
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-0348

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-0348/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.