Critical severity · published Jun 6, 2021
CVE-2017-20005
NGINX before 1.13.6 has a buffer overflow for years that exceed four digits, as demonstrated by a file with a modification date in 1969 that causes an integer overflow (or a false…
9.8
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NGINX before 1.13.6 has a buffer overflow for years that exceed four digits, as demonstrated by a file with a modification date in 1969 that causes an integer overflow (or a false modification date far in the future), when encountered by the autoindex module.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
NG
Nginx · F5
before 1.13.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20005
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20005
Release Notes
http://nginx.org/en/CHANGES
Patch
https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/0206ebe76f748bb39d9de4dd4b3fce777fdfdccf
Patch
https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/b900cc28fcbb4cf5a32ab62f80b59292e1c85b4b
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00009.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0006/
Exploit
https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1368
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