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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-2070 · published 20 July 2013

CVE-2013-2070: F5 nginx vulnerability

F5 · Nginx

http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c in nginx 1.1.4 through 1.2.8 and 1.3.0 through 1.4.0, when proxy_pass is used with untrusted HTTP servers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and obtain sensitive information from worker process memory via a crafted proxy response, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-2028.

5.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 12% · top 4.0%
5.8CVSS 2.0 base score
12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_module.c in nginx 1.1.4 through 1.2.8 and 1.3.0 through 1.4.0, when proxy_pass is used with untrusted HTTP servers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and obtain sensitive information from worker process memory via a crafted proxy response, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2013-2028.

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

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105950.html Third Party Advisory
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2013/000114.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://nginx.org/download/patch.2013.proxy.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/291 Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55181 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-04.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2721 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/13/3 Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59824 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962525 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84172 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105950.html Third Party Advisory
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2013/000114.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://nginx.org/download/patch.2013.proxy.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q2/291 Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55181 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-04.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2721 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/13/3 Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59824 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962525 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84172 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-2070), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.