GLSA 201606-06: nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/17/2016
Bugs:	#560854, #573046, #584744
ID:	201606-06

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in nginx, the worst of which may allow a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service.

Background

nginx is a robust, small, and high performance HTTP and reverse proxy server.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-servers/nginx	< 1.10.1	>= 1.10.1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in nginx. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition via a crafted packet.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All nginx users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/nginx-1.10.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201606-06.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.