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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: 2351-1 Critical Severity: Nginx Data Exposure

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Calendar Grey September 22, 2014
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Unveil particulars about the nginx flaw present in Ubuntu that compromises the security of sensitive data while being transmitted across networks.
nginx could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Summary

nginx could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software Description:

- nginx: small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server

Details:

Antoine Delignat-Lavaud and Karthikeyan Bhargavan discovered that nginx

incorrectly reused cached SSL sessions. An attacker could possibly use this

issue in certain configurations to obtain access to information from a

different virtual host.

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Topics Covered

security advisory information leak critical ubuntu nginx data exposure network threat

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  nginx-core                      1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1
  nginx-extras                    1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1
  nginx-full                      1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1
  nginx-light                     1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1
  nginx-naxsi                     1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2351-1

CVE-2014-3616

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September 22, 2014

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Topics Covered

security advisory information leak critical ubuntu nginx data exposure network threat

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1

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