USN-3352-1: nginx vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3352-1

13th July, 2017

nginx vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 17.04
• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

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

Software description

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

Details

It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the range filter
feature of nginx. A remote attacker could use this to expose
sensitive information.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.04:

nginx-extras 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1

nginx-full 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1

nginx-common 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1

nginx-light 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1

nginx-core 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 16.10:

nginx-extras 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3

nginx-full 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3

nginx-common 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3

nginx-light 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3

nginx-core 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

nginx-extras 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

nginx-full 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

nginx-common 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

nginx-light 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

nginx-core 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

nginx-extras 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8

nginx-full 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8

nginx-common 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8

nginx-light 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8

nginx-core 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

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

References

CVE-2017-7529

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2tQUTXz