CVE-2013-4484

Public Exploit

Description

Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash and temporary caching outage) via a GET request with trailing whitespace characters and no URI.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.35% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00029.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2814 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/30/5 mailing list
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-10/0158.html mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00033.html vendor advisory
https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/ticket/1367 patch exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/55746 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55452 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-4484?
CVE-2013-4484 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-4484?
To fix CVE-2013-4484, 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-2013-4484 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-4484 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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