GLSA-201310-04 : nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 70310

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201310-04 (nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in nginx. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a context-dependent attacker may be able to obtain sensitive information.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All nginx users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-servers/nginx-1.4.1-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-04

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 70310

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201310-04.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:nginx, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2013

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Nginx HTTP Server 1.3.9-1.4.0 Chunked Encoding Stack Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0337, CVE-2013-2028, CVE-2013-2070

BID: 58105, 59699, 59824

GLSA: 201310-04