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CVE-2013-2178
The apache-auth.conf, apache-nohome.conf, apache-noscript.conf, and apache-overflows.conf files in Fail2ban before 0.8.10 do not properly…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.8%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17338 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130613 Re: Re: Fail2ban 0.8.9, Denial of Service (Apache rules only) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-2708 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0348 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://raw.github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/master/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://vndh.net/note:fail2ban-089-denial-service (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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