Access Restriction Bypass Affecting nginx package, versions [,1.2.1)[1.3.0,1.3.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NGINX-2333632
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Jul 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Jul 2012

CVE-2011-4963  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade nginx to version 1.2.1, 1.3.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass nginx/Windows 1.3.x before 1.3.1 and 1.2.x before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and access restricted files via (1) a trailing . (dot) or (2) certain "$index_allocation" sequences in a request.

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