CVE-2012-1180

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1180
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-04-17 21:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in nginx before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.17 allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted backend response, in conjunction with a client request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-416 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F5 Nginx All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Changeset 4530:667aaf61a778 – nginx af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.nginx.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/80124 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 803856 – CVE-2012-1180 nginx: malformed HTTP response headers leads to information leak af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: nginx fix for malformed HTTP responses from upstream servers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
nginx.org/download/patch.2012.memory.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nginx.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: nginx fix for malformed HTTP responses from upstream servers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: nginx-1.0.14-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: nginx fix for malformed HTTP responses from upstream servers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: nginx-1.0.14-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
SecurityTracker: nginx HTTP Response Processing Lets Remote Users Obtain Portions of Memory Contents af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: nginx-1.0.14-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2434-1 nginx af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
nginx security advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 nginx.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Changeset 4531:f7e1113a9a16 – nginx af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.nginx.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14173096 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org Broken Link
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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