Improper Input Validation Affecting nginx package, versions [,1.4.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-NGINX-2333647
  • published12 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Nov 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Nov 2019

CVE-2011-4968  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade nginx to version 1.4.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation nginx http proxy module does not verify peer identity of https origin server which could facilitate man-in-the-middle attack (MITM)

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1