USN-3352-1: nginx vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3352-1
13th July, 2017
nginx vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
nginx could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Software description
- nginx - small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server
Details
It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the range filter
feature of nginx. A remote attacker could use this to expose
sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 17.04:
- nginx-extras 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1
- nginx-full 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1
- nginx-common 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1
- nginx-light 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1
- nginx-core 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 16.10:
- nginx-extras 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3
- nginx-full 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3
- nginx-common 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3
- nginx-light 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3
- nginx-core 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
- nginx-extras 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
- nginx-full 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
- nginx-common 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
- nginx-light 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
- nginx-core 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
- nginx-extras 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8
- nginx-full 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8
- nginx-common 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8
- nginx-light 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8
- nginx-core 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8
To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2tQUTXz