CVE-2013-2028 Integer overflow in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted chunked Transfer-Encoding request in nginx.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-2028?
CVE-2013-2028 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 18 Jul 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ngx_http_parse_chunked function in http/ngx_http_parse.c in nginx 1.3.9 through 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a chunked Transfer-Encoding request with a large chunk size, which triggers an integer signedness error and a stack-based buffer overflow.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2028?
It affects 2 products.
Products include F5 Nginx, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2028?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-2028 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-2028 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-2028 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 4 Exploit-DB entries and 8 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as GHSA-68mc-8233-5xrw.