NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting nginx package, versions [,1.10.1)[1.11.0, 1.11.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.01% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NGINX-2333644
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Jun 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-4450  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade nginx to version 1.10.1, 1.11.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference 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.

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