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CVE-2009-3896

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Description

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.

References

https://github.com/addisonburkett/cve_query_module

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00449.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00442.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00428.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539565

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/10

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/1

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1920

http://sysoev.ru/nginx/patch.null.pointer.txt

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3.diff.gz

http://secunia.com/advisories/48577

http://marc.info/?l=nginx&m=125692080328141&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-11-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02722

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