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Gentoo: GLSA-201606-06 Normal Severity: Nginx Remote DoS Issues

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Calendar Grey June 17, 2016
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws in nginx could permit remote denial-of-service (DoS) assaults. For upgrade guidance, please consult the advisory.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in nginx, the worst of which may allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in nginx. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo DoS remote attack multiple issues nginx normal severity

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 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=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
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 17, 2016
Bugs: #560854, #573046, #584744
ID: 201606-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo DoS remote attack multiple issues nginx normal severity

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.

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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.

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