Gentoo: GLSA-201606-06: nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in nginx. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All nginx users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/nginx-1.10.1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2013-3587 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3587 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-0742 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0742 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-0746 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0746 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-0747 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0747 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-4450 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4450 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-4450 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4450
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in nginx, the worst of which may allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service.
Background
nginx is a robust, small, and high performance HTTP and reverse proxy server.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-servers/nginx < 1.10.1 >= 1.10.1
Impact
===== A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via a crafted packet.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.