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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100441
Category:Web Servers
Title:nginx Terminal Escape Sequence in Logs Command Injection Vulnerability
Summary:nginx is prone to a command-injection vulnerability; because it fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input in log files.
Description:Summary:
nginx is prone to a command-injection vulnerability
because it fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input in log files.

Vulnerability Impact:
Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands in a terminal.

Affected Software/OS:
This issue affects nginx 0.7.64, other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
No known solution was made available for at least one year since the
disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade
to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4487
BugTraq ID: 37711
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37711
Bugtraq: 20100110 Nginx, Varnish, Cherokee, thttpd, mini-httpd, WEBrick, Orion, AOLserver, Yaws and Boa log escape sequence injection (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt
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