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Nginx Chunked Transfer Encoding Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
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
10 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The host is running Nginx and is prone stack buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
A stack-based buffer overflow will occur in a worker process while handling certain chunked transfer encoding requests.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Nginx version 1.3.9 through 1.4.0
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Nginx version 1.5.0, 1.4.1 or later.