Off-by-one Error Affecting nginx package, versions <1.18.0-0ubuntu1.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
43.32% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-NGINX-1296788
  • published26 May 2021
  • disclosed1 Jun 2021

Introduced: 26 May 2021

CVE-2021-23017  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 nginx to version 1.18.0-0ubuntu1.2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

A security issue in nginx resolver was identified, which might allow an attacker who is able to forge UDP packets from the DNS server to cause 1-byte memory overwrite, resulting in worker process crash or potential other impact.

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