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TI-2017-05170 Aliases CVE-2017-7529GHSA-85mj-h68w-w736

Integer overflow in nginx

Priority HIGH 68CWE-190Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 6 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Nginx versions since 0.5.6 up to and including 1.13.2 are vulnerable to integer overflow vulnerability in nginx range filter module resulting into leak of potentially sensitive information triggered by specially crafted request.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.62597 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 6 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
nginxnginx0.5.6 - 1.13.2—No fix listedCNA
  • nginx Vendornginx Affected 0.5.6 - 1.13.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.6 – 1.12.1; 1.13.0 – 1.13.2VulnerableF5
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2016.4.7; 2017.1.0 – 2017.1.1; 2017.2.1 – 2017.2.3VulnerablePuppet
cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 13.0VulnerableApple
  • cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.6 – 1.12.1; 1.13.0 – 1.13.2 Vulnerable ·F5
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2016.4.7; 2017.1.0 – 2017.1.1; 2017.2.1 – 2017.2.3 Vulnerable ·Puppet
  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 13.0 Vulnerable ·Apple

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2017:2538 Released 2017-08-28 · Red Hat rating Low
    rh-nginx110-nginx security update
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-nginx110-nginx-1:1.10.2-8.el6, rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-image-filter-1:1.10.2-8.el6, rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-perl-1:1.10.2-8.el6 +3
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-nginx110-nginx-1:1.10.2-8.el7, rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-image-filter-1:1.10.2-8.el7, rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-perl-1:1.10.2-8.el7 +3
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-nginx110-nginx-1:1.10.2-8.el6, rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-image-filter-1:1.10.2-8.el6, rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-perl-1:1.10.2-8.el6 +3
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-nginx110-nginx-1:1.10.2-8.el7, rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-image-filter-1:1.10.2-8.el7, rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-perl-1:1.10.2-8.el7 +3
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-nginx110-nginx-1:1.10.2-8.el6, rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-image-filter-1:1.10.2-8.el6, rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-perl-1:1.10.2-8.el6 +3
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-nginx110-nginx-1:1.10.2-8.el7, rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-image-filter-1:1.10.2-8.el7, rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-perl-1:1.10.2-8.el7 +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Software CollectionsAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:2538
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:2538
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7)Fixed RHSA-2017:2538
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3)Fixed RHSA-2017:2538
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2017:2538
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2017:2538
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Software Collections

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7529
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-85mj-h68w-w736

References

Advisory 5

  • TI-2021-21251 njs through 0.7.0, used in NGINX, was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds array access… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2009-03704 Directory traversal vulnerability in src/http/modules/ngx_http_dav_module.c in nginx (aka… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.9
  • TI-2022-15882 An issue was discovered in Nginx NJS v0.7.5. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2009-03702 src/http/ngx_http_parse.c in nginx (aka Engine X) 0.1.0 through 0.4.14, 0.5.x before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2011-04276 Improper input validation in nginx CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2022-12665 Nginx NJS v0.7.2 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation in the function njs_set_number at src/njs_value.h. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
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