CVE-2014-2323

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 62.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in mod_mysql_vhost.c in lighttpd before 1.4.35 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the host name, related to request_check_hostname.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
lighttpd: before 1.4.35 — fixed in 1.4.35
Opensuse: 11.4, 12.3, 13.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension: 11-sp3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 11-sp3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: lighttpd 1.4.35. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2014_01.txt
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00023.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00006.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141576815022399&w=2
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/561
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/564
http://secunia.com/advisories/57404
http://secunia.com/advisories/57514
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2877
http://www.lighttpd.net/2014/3/12/1.4.35/

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