Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100321
Category:	Web Servers
Title:	nginx 'ngx_http_process_request_headers()' Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Summary:	nginx is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability; because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data.
Description:	Summary: nginx is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. Vulnerability Impact: Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition. Solution: Updates are available. Please see the references for more information. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3896 36839 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36839 48577 http://secunia.com/advisories/48577 DSA-1920 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1920 FEDORA-2009-12750 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00428.html FEDORA-2009-12775 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00442.html FEDORA-2009-12782 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00449.html GLSA-201203-22 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml [nginx] 20091030 Re: null pointer dereference vulnerability in 0.1.0-0.8.13. http://marc.info/?l=nginx&m=125692080328141&w=2 [oss-security] 20091120 CVE Assignment nginx http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/6 [oss-security] 20091120 CVEs for nginx http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/1 [oss-security] 20091123 Re: CVEs for nginx http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/10 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=552035 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3.diff.gz http://sysoev.ru/nginx/patch.null.pointer.txt https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539565
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