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RHEL 8 : nginx:1.16 (RHSA-2020:5495)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 144415
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for nginx:1.16.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5495 advisory.nginx is a web and proxy server supporting HTTP and other protocols, with a focus on high concurrency, performance, and low memory usage.
Security Fix(es):
* nginx: HTTP request smuggling in configurations with URL redirect used as error_page (CVE-2019-20372)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL nginx:1.16 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:5495.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?6c3c4a8a
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 144415
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5495.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/18/2020
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.2
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20372
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nginx-mod-http-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nginx-all-modules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nginx-mod-http-image-filter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nginx-mod-mail, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nginx-mod-stream, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nginx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nginx-filesystem, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-20372