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Fedora 26 nginx Update 1.12.1 Critical: Memory Disclosure Issue

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Calendar Grey August 23, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Significant news for Fedora 26: nginx 1.12.1 resolves security vulnerability CVE-2017-7529 and incorporates http_auth_request feature.
This update includes nginx 1.12.1, fixing CVE-2017-7529, and adds the http_auth_request module

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.

This update includes nginx 1.12.1, fixing CVE-2017-7529, and adds the

http_auth_request module. See https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2017/000200.html for more information on CVE-2017-7529.

[ 1 ] Bug #1471106 - [patch] enable nginx http_auth_request_module

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1471106

[ 2 ] Bug #1469924 - CVE-2017-7529 nginx: Integer overflow in nginx range filter module leading to memory disclosure [fedora-all]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1469924

su -c 'dnf upgrade nginx' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 1.12.1
Release: 1.fc26
Summary: A high performance web server and reverse proxy server

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