Debian DLA-2283-1 : nginx security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 138782

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

An HTTP request smuggling issue was discovered in the ngx_lua plugin for nginx, a high-performance web and reverse proxy server, as demonstrated by the ngx.location.capture API.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.3-1+deb9u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your nginx packages.

For the detailed security status of nginx please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/nginx

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138782

File Name: debian_DLA-2283.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/21/2020

Updated: 2/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11724

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-upstream-fair, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nginx-light, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-ndk, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nginx-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nginx-extras, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-subs-filter, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-uploadprogress, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-lua, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-mail, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-stream, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nginx-full, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-cache-purge, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-echo, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-headers-more-filter, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-nchan, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nginx-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-image-filter, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-geoip, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nginx, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnginx-mod-http-dav-ext

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11724

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