Original description
NGINX before 1.13.6 has a buffer overflow for years that exceed four digits, as demonstrated by a file with a modification date in 1969 that causes an integer overflow (or a false modification date far in the future), when encountered by the autoindex module.
Affected software
- nginx *< 1.13.6 Fixed in: 1.13.6 repository or package match
Details
- Published
- 2021-06-07
- Last modified
- 2025-12-05
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- EPSS (30-day exploit probability)
- 3.26% (percentile 89)
References
- cve.org/CVE-2017-20005
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20005
- nginx.org/en/CHANGES
- trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1368
- github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/0206ebe76f748bb39d9de4dd4b3fce777fdfdccf
- github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/b900cc28fcbb4cf5a32ab62f80b59292e1c85b4b
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00009.html
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0006/
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