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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802052
Category:Buffer overflow
Title:Nginx Chunked Transfer Encoding Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Summary:Nginx is prone to a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Nginx is prone to a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
A stack-based buffer overflow will occur in a worker process while handling
certain chunked transfer encoding requests.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will let the remote unauthenticated attackers
to cause a buffer overflow, resulting in a denial of service or potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary
code.

Affected Software/OS:
Nginx version 1.3.9 through 1.4.0

Solution:
Upgrade to Nginx version 1.5.0, 1.4.1 or later.

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2028
BugTraq ID: 59699
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59699
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105176.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-04.xml
http://nginx.org/download/patch.2013.chunked.txt
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/121675/Nginx-1.3.9-1.4.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://www.vnsecurity.net/2013/05/analysis-of-nginx-cve-2013-2028/
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/pull/1834
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2013/000112.html
http://www.osvdb.org/93037
http://secunia.com/advisories/55181
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