CVE-2017-20005

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.

• CWE-190
• CWE-120
• CWE-190

• http://nginx.org/en/CHANGESRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/0206ebe76f748bb39d9de4dd4b3fce777fdfdccfPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/b900cc28fcbb4cf5a32ab62f80b59292e1c85b4bPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0006/Third Party Advisory
• https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1368Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://nginx.org/en/CHANGESRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/0206ebe76f748bb39d9de4dd4b3fce777fdfdccfPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/b900cc28fcbb4cf5a32ab62f80b59292e1c85b4bPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210805-0006/Third Party Advisory
• https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/1368Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Jun 6, 2021

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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