ubuntu-cve-2017-20005
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-06-06 22:15
Modified
2025-12-09 04:46
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-20005",
  "modified": "2025-12-09T04:46:35Z",
  "published": "2021-06-06T22:15:00Z",
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}



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