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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-2070: nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-2070: nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/19/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c in nginx 1.1.4 through 1.2.8 and 1.3.0 through 1.4.0, when proxy_pass is used with untrusted HTTP servers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and obtain sensitive information from worker process memory via a crafted proxy response, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-2028.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-servers-nginx

References

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