USN-3352-1: nginx vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 17.04
• Ubuntu 16.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• nginx - small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server

Details

It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the range filter
feature of nginx. A remote attacker could use this to expose
sensitive information.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.04

• nginx-common - 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1
• nginx-core - 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1
• nginx-extras - 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1
• nginx-full - 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1
• nginx-light - 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 16.10

• nginx-common - 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3
• nginx-core - 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3
• nginx-extras - 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3
• nginx-full - 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3
• nginx-light - 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 16.04

• nginx-common - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
• nginx-core - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
• nginx-extras - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
• nginx-full - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
• nginx-light - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Ubuntu 14.04

• nginx-common - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8
• nginx-core - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8
• nginx-extras - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8
• nginx-full - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8
• nginx-light - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2017-7529