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From: Sean Amoss <ackle@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201310-04 ] nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 22:11:53
Message-Id: 5251DFC8.1080109@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201310-04
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: October 06, 2013
10 Bugs: #458726, #468870
11 ID: 201310-04
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in nginx, the worst of which
19 may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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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 < 1.4.1-r2 >= 1.4.1-r2
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in nginx. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request, possibly
45 resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
46 process, or a Denial of Service condition. Furthermore, a
47 context-dependent attacker may be able to obtain sensitive information.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All nginx users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/nginx-1.4.1-r2"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2013-0337
66 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0337
67 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-2028
68 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2028
69 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-2070
70 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2070
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72 Availability
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75 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
76 the Gentoo Security Website:
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78 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-04.xml
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80 Concerns?
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83 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
84 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
85 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
86 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
87 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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89 License
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92 Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
93 belongs to its owner(s).
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95 The contents of this document are licensed under the
96 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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98 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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