USN-4235-2: nginx vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

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

Details

USN-4235-1 fixed a vulnerability in nginx. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Bert JW Regeer and Francisco Oca Gonzalez discovered that nginx incorrectly
handled certain error_page configurations. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks and access
resources contrary to expectations.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04

• nginx-extras - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9+esm1
• nginx-core - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9+esm1
• nginx-common - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9+esm1
• nginx-full - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9+esm1
• nginx-light - 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9+esm1

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

References

• CVE-2019-20372

Related notices

• USN-4235-1: libnginx-mod-http-echo, nginx, nginx-common, libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex, libnginx-mod-nchan, libnginx-mod-stream, libnginx-mod-http-uploadprogress, libnginx-mod-http-cache-purge, libnginx-mod-http-lua, libnginx-mod-mail, libnginx-mod-http-perl, libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, nginx-extras, nginx-light, nginx-doc, libnginx-mod-http-subs-filter, libnginx-mod-http-ndk, libnginx-mod-http-image-filter, libnginx-mod-http-dav-ext, libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam, nginx-core, libnginx-mod-rtmp, nginx-full, libnginx-mod-http-geoip2, libnginx-mod-http-geoip, libnginx-mod-http-headers-more-filter, libnginx-mod-http-upstream-fair