Nginx.Encoded.Directory.Traversal.DoS

Release Date Aug 31, 2010
Severity medium
Impact Denial of Service: Remote attackers can crash vulnerable systems.
Description This indicates an attack attempt against a denial-of-service vulnerability in nginx. This vulnerability is caused by the vulnerable software's inability to properly handle encoded directory traversal attempts. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via certain encoded directory traversal sequences that trigger memory corruption.
Affected Products nginx 0.8.36
Recommended Actions Currently we are not aware of any patches supplied by the vendor for this issue.
Coverage IPS VCM
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) CVE-2010-2266
Reference/s http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/13818/

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