Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-4360 to the following vulnerability: mod_userdir in lighttpd before 1.4.20, when a case-insensitive operating system or filesystem is used, performs case-sensitive comparisons on filename components in configuration options, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions, as demonstrated by a request for a .PHP file when there is a configuration rule for .php files. Affected versions: all versions before 1.4.20 (1.5 before r2308) Upstream advisory: http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_06.txt Upstream bug report: http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1589 Upstream patches (1.4.x): http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_userdir_lowercase.patch http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2283 References: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/1
Patch is already part of lighttpd-1.4.20-0.1.r2303.fc10 currently in Rawhide.
lighttpd-1.4.20-6.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lighttpd-1.4.20-6.fc9
lighttpd-1.4.20-6.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lighttpd-1.4.20-6.fc8
Forgot to close this report. Closing now, as 1.4.22 is being pushed to F-9+.