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nginx 1.5.10 'ngx_http_spdy_module' RCE Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Web Servers

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

nginx is prone to a remote code execution vulnerability in the ngx_http_spdy_module module.

Insight

Insight

A bug in the experimental SPDY implementation in nginx was found, which might allow an attacker to corrupt worker process memory by using a specially crafted request, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Affected Software

Affected Software

The problem only affects nginx 1.5.10 on 32-bit platforms, compiled with the ngx_http_spdy_module module (which is not compiled by default), if the 'spdy' option of the 'listen' directive is used in a configuration file.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 1.5.11 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)