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A vulnerability was found in Fail2ban. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file apache-auth.conf. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
The apache-auth.conf, apache-nohome.conf, apache-noscript.conf, and apache-overflows.conf files in Fail2ban before 0.8.10 do not properly validate log messages, which allows remote attackers to block arbitrary IP addresses via certain messages in a request.
The weakness was presented 08/28/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vndh.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2178 since 02/19/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67287 (Fedora 18 : fail2ban-0.8.10-1.fc18 (2013-10806)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166936 (OpenSuSE Security Update for fail2ban tool (openSUSE-SU-2014:0493-1)).
Upgrading to version 0.6.1 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (84957) and Tenable (67287). See 66274, 66273 and 70006 for similar entries.
Product
Name
Version
- 0.1.0
- 0.1.1
- 0.1.2
- 0.3.0
- 0.3.1
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.1
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.4
- 0.5.5
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.7.3
- 0.7.4
- 0.7.5
- 0.7.6
- 0.7.7
- 0.7.8
- 0.7.9
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
- 0.8.3
- 0.8.4
- 0.8.5
- 0.8.6
- 0.8.7
- 0.8.7.1
- 0.8.8
- 0.8.9
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
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Nessus ID: 67287
Nessus Name: Fedora 18 : fail2ban-0.8.10-1.fc18 (2013-10806)
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OpenVAS ID: 892708
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2708-1 (fail2ban - denial of service
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Fail2ban 0.6.1
Timeline
02/19/2013 🔍06/08/2013 🔍
06/11/2013 🔍
07/04/2013 🔍
07/12/2013 🔍
08/28/2013 🔍
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03/24/2015 🔍
01/07/2022 🔍
Sources
Advisory: dsa-2708Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-2178 (🔍)
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X-Force: 84957
Vulnerability Center: 40336 - Fail2Ban 0.8.9 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability While Parsing Apache Log Files, Medium
SecurityFocus: 60467 - Fail2ban Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 03/24/2015 15:54Updated: 01/07/2022 09:18
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (69), 05/04/2017 11:43 (4), 01/07/2022 09:11 (3), 01/07/2022 09:14 (1), 01/07/2022 09:18 (1)
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