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openSUSE 15.3: 2021:1815-1 Important: Nginx Heap Write Threat

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Calendar Grey July 10, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Urgent openSUSE patch for nginx fixes a memory corruption vulnerability. Apply the update immediately for improved protection.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Description

This update for nginx fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-23017: nginx DNS resolver off-by-one heap write (bsc#1186126)

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Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-1815=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

nginx-1.19.8-3.3.1

nginx-debuginfo-1.19.8-3.3.1

nginx-debugsource-1.19.8-3.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch):

nginx-source-1.19.8-3.3.1

vim-plugin-nginx-1.19.8-3.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23017.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186126

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:1815-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.3 .

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