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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5109-1 Critical: Nginx Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey October 18, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5110-1 highlights a severe vulnerability in OpenSSL that impacts previous versions of Ubuntu, advising users to apply updates immediately.
A security issue was fixed in nginx.

Summary

A security issue was fixed in nginx.

Software Description:

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

Details:

It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled files with

certain modification dates. A remote attacker could possibly

use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified

impact.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue ubuntu nginx

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  nginx                           1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm2

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  nginx                           1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9+esm3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5109-1

CVE-2017-20005

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October 18, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue ubuntu nginx

Package Information

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