CVE-2013-4484
Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash...
CVE-2013-4484 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Varnish-cache Varnish, published November 1, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.24%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in varnish 3.0.5-1.
- Severity
- 5.0 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 3.24%EPSS, 88th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
3.0.5-1varnish +7 more
Description
Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash and temporary caching outage) via a GET request with trailing whitespace characters and no URI.
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
varnishDebian:12 | before 3.0.5-1 | 3.0.5-1 |
varnishDebian:13 | before 3.0.5-1 | 3.0.5-1 |
varnishDebian:6.0 | before 2.1.3-8+deb6u1, plus listed versions 2.1.3-8 | 2.1.3-8+deb6u1 |
varnishDebian:7 | before 3.0.2-2+deb7u1, plus listed versions 3.0.2-2 | 3.0.2-2+deb7u1 |
varnishMageia:3 | before 3.0.3-7.5.mga3 | 3.0.3-7.5.mga3 |
varnishMageia:4 | before 3.0.3-12.1.mga4 | 3.0.3-12.1.mga4 |
varnishopenSUSE:Tumbleweed | before 5.0.0-1.3 | 5.0.0-1.3 |
vinyl-cacheopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 8 CVEs | before 9.0.0-1.1 | 9.0.0-1.1 |
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash and temporary caching outage) via a GET request with trailing whitespace characters and no URI.
- Record
CVE-2013-4484- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash and temporary caching outage) via a GET request with trailing whitespace characters and no URI.
- Record
CVE-2013-4484- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-4349No score
Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash and temporary caching outage) via a GET request with trailing whitespace characters and no URI.
- Record
EUVD-2013-4349- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p7mm-48cj-8hqwNo score
Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash...
Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash and temporary caching outage) via a GET request with trailing whitespace characters and no URI.
- Record
GHSA-p7mm-48cj-8hqw- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVNo score
Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash and temporary caching outage) via a GET request with trailing whitespace characters and no URI.
- Record
CVE-2013-4484- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-4484No score
Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash and temporary caching outage) via a GET request with trailing whitespace characters and no URI.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4484- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2014-0065No score
Updated varnish packages fix CVE-2013-4484 and correct service behaviour
Updated varnish packages fix security vulnerabilities:
Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash and temporary caching outage) via a GET request with trailing whitespace characters and no URI (CVE-2013-4484).
Also, the services have been converted from SysV init scripts to systemd- native services, which should allow for more consistent behavior.
- Record
MGASA-2014-0065- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10116-1No score
libvarnishapi1-5.0.0-1.3 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libvarnishapi1-5.0.0-1.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10116-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:10751-1No score
libvinylapi3-9.0.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libvinylapi3-9.0.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:10751-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2013-4484No score
Varnish before 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash and temporary caching outage) via a GET request with trailing whitespace characters and no URI.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4484- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00029.html
debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2814
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/30/5
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-10/0158.html
varnish-cache.org/trac/ticket/1367
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secunia.com/advisories/55746
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4484
github.com/advisories/GHSA-p7mm-48cj-8hqw
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4484
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0065.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11678
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4484
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4484
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4484