CVE-2013-4484 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2013-4484: 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.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2013-4484 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

varnish→ fixed in3.0.5-1urgency: medium

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y varnish

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

varnish→ fixed in3.0.5-1urgency: medium

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y varnish

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

varnish→ fixed in3.0.5-1urgency: medium

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y varnish

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