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Fedora 22: FEDORA-2016-bf03932bb3 Critical: Nginx Resolution Issues
fedora
February 5, 2016
- update to upstream release 1.8.1 - CVE-2016-0747: Insufficient limits of CNAME resolution in resolver - CVE-2016-0746: Use-after-free during CNAME response processing in resolver...
Summary
Nginx is a web server and a reverse proxy server for HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and
IMAP protocols, with a strong focus on high concurrency, performance and low
memory usage.
Update Information:
- update to upstream release 1.8.1 - CVE-2016-0747: Insufficient limits of
CNAME resolution in resolver - CVE-2016-0746: Use-after-free during CNAME
response processing in resolver - CVE-2016-0742: Invalid pointer dereference in
resolver
Topics Covered
Change Log
References
Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2016-bf03932bb3 2016-02-05 17:28:21.013812
Name : nginx Product : Fedora 22 Version : 1.8.1 Release : 1.fc22 URL : http://nginx.org/ Summary : A high performance web server and reverse proxy server Description : Nginx is a web server and a reverse proxy server for HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and IMAP protocols, with a strong focus on high concurrency, performance and low memory usage.
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update nginx' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .
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Name: nginx
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 1.8.1
Release: 1.fc22
URL: http://nginx.org/
Summary: A high performance web server and reverse proxy server
Topics Covered
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