CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
92.5%
nginx is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability due to
a NULL pointer dereference.
# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
CPE = "cpe:/a:nginx:nginx";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150664");
script_version("2021-06-14T19:13:22+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-06-14 19:13:22 +0000 (Mon, 14 Jun 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-06-14 19:12:06 +0000 (Mon, 14 Jun 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-11-16 15:45:00 +0000 (Mon, 16 Nov 2020)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4450");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("nginx 1.3.9 <= 1.11.0 DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_nginx_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("nginx/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"nginx is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability due to
a NULL pointer dereference.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Please see the references for more information on the vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"nginx versions 1.3.9 through 1.10.0 and 1.11.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.10.1, 1.11.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2016/000179.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: "1.3.9", test_version2: "1.10.0" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.10.1", install_path: location );
security_message( port: port, data: report );
exit( 0 );
}
if( version_is_equal( version: version, test_version: "1.11.0" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.11.1", install_path: location );
security_message( port: port, data: report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
92.5%