nginx up to 0.8.10 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in nginx up to 0.8.10. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2009-3896. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in nginx up to 0.8.10 (Web Server). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

src/http/ngx_http_parse.c in nginx (aka Engine X) 0.1.0 through 0.4.14, 0.5.x before 0.5.38, 0.6.x before 0.6.39, 0.7.x before 0.7.62, and 0.8.x before 0.8.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a long URI.

The weakness was presented 11/24/2009 as Bug 539565 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3896 since 11/05/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43032 (Fedora 12 : nginx-0.7.64-1.fc12 (2009-12750)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54025), Tenable (43032), SecurityFocus (BID 36839†), Secunia (SA48577†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27427†). See VDB-50905 for similar entry. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 43032
Nessus Name: Fedora 12 : nginx-0.7.64-1.fc12 (2009-12750)
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OpenVAS ID: 66449
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 12 FEDORA-2009-12750 (nginx)
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10/27/2009 🔍
11/05/2009 +9 days 🔍
11/24/2009 +19 days 🔍
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10/05/2010 +315 days 🔍
03/28/2012 +540 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1085 days 🔍
08/28/2021 +2355 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 539565
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3896 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3896
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50903
X-Force: 54025
SecurityFocus: 36839 - nginx 'ngx_http_process_request_headers()' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 48577 - Gentoo update for nginx, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 27427 - src/http/ngx_http_parse.c in Nginx Remote DoS or Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/28/2021 03:58
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (61), 03/07/2017 08:15 (15), 08/28/2021 03:58 (3)
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