SB2014031318 - SQL injection in lighttpd (Alpine package)
Published: March 13, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014031318
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2323)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the host name, related to request_check_hostname. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=133948cdd0b748fcfb806fdc050fdef363240128
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=183b925f899b19195e4bed7a0623850446fe4268
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=643088022f2fdc5d44692d01c15ecf7792ce0b27
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=df84b8b81de6a209061ac87470a3cbeb544ed52d