SB2013102702 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in nginx
Published: October 27, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013102702
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0337)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The default configuration of nginx, possibly 1.3.13 and earlier, uses world-readable permissions for the (1) access.log and (2) error.log files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the files. AV:N per http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201310-04.xml and per http://secunia.com/advisories/55181
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.