CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.6%
nginx is prone to denial of service (DoS) vulnerability when
proxy_pass is used with untrusted HTTP servers.
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CPE = "cpe:/a:nginx:nginx";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150667");
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:"5.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-2070");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("nginx 1.1.4 <= 1.2.8 / 1.3.0 <= 1.4.0 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 denial of service (DoS) vulnerability when
proxy_pass is used with untrusted HTTP servers.");
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 version 1.1.4 through 1.2.8 and 1.3.0 through 1.4.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.2.9, 1.4.1, 1.5.0 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2013/000114.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: "1.1.4", test_version2: "1.2.8" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.2.9", install_path: location );
security_message( port: port, data: report );
exit( 0 );
}
if( version_in_range( version: version, test_version: "1.3.0", test_version2: "1.4.0" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.4.1", install_path: location );
security_message( port: port, data: report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );