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Gentoo: GLSA 200909-18 High: Nginx Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey September 18, 2009
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Critical flaw discovered in nginx enabling unauthorized remote code execution or service disruption. Comprehensive analysis and mitigation measures included.
A buffer underflow vulnerability in the request URI processing of nginx might enable remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200909-18 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: nginx: Remote execution of arbitrary code Date: September 18, 2009 Bugs: #285162 ID: 200909-18

Synopsis ======= A buffer underflow vulnerability in the request URI processing of nginx might enable remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.
Background ========= nginx is a robust, small and high performance HTTP and reverse proxy server.
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