# CVE-2012-1180: Use-after-free vulnerability in nginx before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.17 allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information from

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-04-17 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in nginx before 1.0.14 and 1.1.x before 1.1.17 allows remote HTTP servers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted backend response, in conjunction with a client request.

## What to do

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## References

- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14173096
- http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4531/nginx
- http://osvdb.org/80124
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2434
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076671.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48465
- http://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/9
- http://nginx.org/download/patch.2012.memory.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48577
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077966.html
- http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4530/nginx
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076646.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74191
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:043
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803856
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Mar/65
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026827
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52578

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