A vulnerability has been identified in Lighttpd, which could be exploited by remote attackers to compromise a vulnerable web server. This issue is caused by an error in the "mod_fastcgi" extension when processing HTTP headers, which could be exploited by remote attackers to add or replace headers (e.g. "SCRIPT_FILENAME") and execute arbitrary PHP code with the privileges of the web server.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Mattias Bengtsson and Philip Olausson.
ChangeLog
2007-09-11 : Initial release
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