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title: "CVE-2013-2178\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-2178

Publication date 28 August 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fail2ban | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.8.6-3wheezy2build0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2178)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2178)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-2178)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2178)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/13>
* <https://vndh.net/note:fail2ban-089-denial-service>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2178>