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From: Kristian Fiskerstrand <k_f@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201502-06 ] nginx: Information disclosure
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 20:49:15
Message-Id: 54D6761C.1000305@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: nginx: Information disclosure
9 Date: February 07, 2015
10 Bugs: #522994
11 ID: 201502-06
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15 Synopsis
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18 An SSL session fixation vulnerability in nginx may allow remote
19 attackers to obtain sensitive information.
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21 Background
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24 nginx is a robust, small, and high performance HTTP and reverse proxy
25 server.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 www-servers/nginx < 1.7.6 >= 1.7.6
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35 Description
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38 An SSL session fixation vulnerability has been found in nginx when
39 multiple servers use the same shared ssl_session_cache or
40 ssl_session_ticket_key.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker may be able to obtain sensitive information.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All nginx users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/nginx-1.7.6"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2014-3616
64 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3616
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-06.xml
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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