Vulnerability in F5 nginx
CVE-2013-2070
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.119 (96.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.119 · newest: 0.119 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- F5 nginx
- Debian Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2721 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/13/3 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2013/000114.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/55181 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105950.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/59824 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- nginx.org/download/patch.2013.proxy.txt (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/291 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-04.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-2070?
- CVE-2013-2070 is a vulnerability in F5 nginx. Published 2013-07-20.
- Is CVE-2013-2070 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.