CVE-2011-4963 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

nginx/Windows 1.3.x before 1.3.1 and 1.2.x before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and access restricted files via (1) a trailing . (dot) or (2) certain "$index_allocation" sequences in a request.

Published: 2012-07-26

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 6.0% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:1.3.0:::::::*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-4869	nginx/Windows 1.3.x before 1.3.1 and 1.2.x before 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and access restricted files via (1) a trailing . (dot) or (2) certain "$index_allocation" sequences in a request.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05959.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://english.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2012-06
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2012/000086.html
http://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html

History

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Subscriptions

F5 Nginx

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-07-26T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:56:18.339Z

Reserved: 2011-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4963

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-26T19:55:00.980

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:35:44.060

Link: CVE-2011-4963

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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