CVE-2013-2178
N/A
Published: August 28, 2013 at 05:18 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFAIL2BAN
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The apache-auth.conf, apache-nohome.conf, apache-noscript.conf, and apache-overflows.conf files in Fail2ban before 0.8.10 do not properly validate log messages, which allows remote attackers to block arbitrary IP addresses via certain messages in a request.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00021.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2708Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/13/7VDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17338x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLogQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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