Varnish up to 3.0.4 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Varnish. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2013-4484. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Varnish. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash and temporary caching outage) via a GET request with trailing whitespace characters and no URI.

The weakness was released 10/31/2013 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at varnish-cache.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-4484 since 06/12/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75202 (openSUSE Security Update : varnish (openSUSE-SU-2013:1679-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350754 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for varnish: AL2012-2015-078).

Upgrading to version 3.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (88429), Tenable (75202), SecurityFocus (BID 63451†), Secunia (SA55452†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42496†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 75202
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : varnish (openSUSE-SU-2013:1679-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 892814
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2814-1 (varnish - denial of service
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Varnish 3.0.0

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10/12/2013 +122 days 🔍
10/31/2013 +19 days 🔍
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06/13/2014 +185 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +284 days 🔍
06/29/2024 +3385 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: dsa-2814
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-4484 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4484
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65391

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X-Force: 88429
SecurityFocus: 63451
Secunia: 55452 - Varnish GET Requests Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 42496 - Varnish Before 3.0.5 Remote DoS Vulnerability Via a GET Request With Trailing Whitespace Characters, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 06/29/2024 19:48
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (67), 05/17/2017 08:31 (5), 01/10/2022 07:17 (3), 01/10/2022 07:22 (1), 01/10/2022 07:28 (1), 06/29/2024 19:48 (23)
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Cache ID: 216:FB1:103

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