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HistoryNov 05, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

nginx Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2014-3556)

2020-11-0500:00:00
Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

53.2%

nginx is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability in
the SMTP proxy.

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CPE = "cpe:/a:nginx:nginx";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117010");
  script_version("2021-01-29T11:29:20+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-01-29 11:29:20 +0000 (Fri, 29 Jan 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-11-05 13:50:27 +0000 (Thu, 05 Nov 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3556");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("nginx Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2014-3556)");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Web Servers");
  script_dependencies("gb_nginx_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("nginx/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"nginx is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability in
  the SMTP proxy.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A bug in nginx SMTP proxy was found, which allows an attacker in a
  privileged network position to inject commands into SSL sessions started with the STARTTLS command,
  potentially making it possible to steal sensitive information sent by clients.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"nginx versions 1.5.6 - 1.7.3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.6.1, 1.7.4 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nginx.org/en/CHANGES");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2014/000144.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "1.5.6", test_version2: "1.6.0" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.6.1 / 1.7.4", install_path: location );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

else if( version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "1.7.0", test_version2: "1.7.3" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.7.4", install_path: location );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

53.2%