CVE-2012-1180

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in nginx before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.17 allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted backend response, in conjunction with a client request.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.87% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory nginx.org Vendor Advisory nginx.org Vendor Advisory nginx.org Vendor Advisory nginx.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14173096 vendor advisory broken link
http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4531/nginx patch vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/80124 vdb entry broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2434 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076671.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/5 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/48465 third party advisory
http://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/9 mailing list third party advisory patch
http://nginx.org/download/patch.2012.memory.txt patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48577 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077966.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4530/nginx patch vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076646.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74191 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:043 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803856 issue tracking third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Mar/65 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026827 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52578 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-1180?
CVE-2012-1180 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-1180?
To fix CVE-2012-1180, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-1180 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-1180 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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