nginx Directory Traversal Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:nginx:nginx";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100659");
  script_version("2025-01-17T15:39:18+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-17 15:39:18 +0000 (Fri, 17 Jan 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-05-31 18:31:53 +0200 (Mon, 31 May 2010)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_name("nginx Directory Traversal Vulnerability");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40420");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Web Servers");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_nginx_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("nginx/detected");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to nginx 0.6.37 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"nginx is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability because it fails
  to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive
  information that could aid in further attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"The issue affects nginx 0.6.36 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location =  infos["location"];

if( version_is_less_equal( version: version, test_version: "0.6.36" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "0.6.37", install_path: location );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );