Explain CVE-2012-1180
Use-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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2012:0469', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14173096'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4531/nginx'}, {'name': '80124', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_OSVDB'], 'url': 'http://osvdb.org/80124'}, {'name': 'DSA-2434', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2434'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2012-4006', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076671.html'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20120315 CVE Request: nginx fix for malformed HTTP responses from upstream servers', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/5'}, {'name': '48465', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/48465'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20120315 Re: CVE Request: nginx fix for malformed HTTP responses from upstream servers', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/9'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://nginx.org/download/patch.2012.memory.txt'}, {'name': '48577', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/48577'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2012-3846', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077966.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4530/nginx'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2012-3991', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076646.html'}, {'name': 'nginx-ngxcpystrn-info-disclosure(74191)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74191'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2012:043', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:043'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803856'}, {'name': 'GLSA-201203-22', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml'}, {'name': '20120315 nginx fix for malformed HTTP responses from upstream servers', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Mar/65'}, {'name': '1026827', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026827'}, {'name': '52578', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52578'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED