CVE-2009-3896

N/A Unknown
Published: November 24, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

src/http/ngx_http_parse.c in nginx (aka Engine X) 0.1.0 through 0.4.14, 0.5.x before 0.5.38, 0.6.x before 0.6.39, 0.7.x before 0.7.62, and 0.8.x before 0.8.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a long URI.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=552035
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=nginx&m=125692080328141&w=2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48577
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3.diff.gz
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://sysoev.ru/nginx/patch.null.pointer.txt
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1920
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/6
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/10
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36839
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539565
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00428.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00442.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00449.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=552035
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://marc.info/?l=nginx&m=125692080328141&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/48577
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3.diff.gz
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sysoev.ru/nginx/patch.null.pointer.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1920
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/10
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36839
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539565
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00428.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00442.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00449.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

30 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.5%
85th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

f5 nginx

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