NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting nginx package, versions <1.10.1-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-NGINX-340954
- published 7 Jun 2016
- disclosed 7 Jun 2016
Introduced: 7 Jun 2016
CVE-2016-4450 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 nginx to version 1.10.1-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nginx package and not the nginx package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
os/unix/ngx_files.c in nginx before 1.10.1 and 1.11.x before 1.11.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a crafted request, involving writing a client request body to a temporary file.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4450
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3592
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06
- http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2016/000179.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90967
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036019
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-4450
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2991-1
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