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HistoryMay 04, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

Re: Nginx ngx_http_close_connection function integer overflow

2013-05-0400:00:00
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Hello,

On Thu, 25 Apr 2013, 06:52-0000, [email protected] wrote:
[…]
> II. DESCRIPTION
> ---------------------
>
> Qihoo 360 Web Security Research Team discovered a critical vulnerability in nginx.
>
> The vulnerability is caused by a int overflow error within the Nginx
> ngx_http_close_connection function when r->count is less then 0 or
> more then 255, which could be exploited by remote attackers to
> compromise a vulnerable system via malicious http requests.
>
> III. AFFECTED PRODUCTS
> ---------------------------
>
> Nginx all latest version
>
> IV. Exploits/PoCs
> ---------------------------------------
>
> In-depth technical analysis of the vulnerability and a fully
> functional remote code execution exploit are available through the
> [email protected] In src\http\ngx_http_request_body.c
> ngx_http_discard_request_body function,we can make r->count++.
>
We've done an initial investigation and don't see any problems with
the code you mention. Could you please provide more details to
[email protected] or to the list?

Thanks in advance,

Maxim Konovalov

– Maxim Konovalov