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CentOS 8 : nginx:1.16 (CESA-2020:5495)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145800

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:5495 advisory.

 - nginx: HTTP request smuggling in configurations with URL redirect used as error_page (CVE-2019-20372)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5495

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145800

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-5495.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 1/25/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-all-modules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-http-image-filter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-http-perl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-mail, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nginx-mod-stream

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

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

RHSA: 2020:5495