Detections
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Fedora 23 : nginx-1.8.1-1.fc23 (2016-fd3428577d)
high Nessus Plugin ID 89648
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- update to upstream release 1.8.1 - CVE-2016-0747:Insufficient limits of CNAME resolution in resolver - CVE-2016-0746: Use-after-free during CNAME response processing in resolver - CVE-2016-0742: Invalid pointer dereference in resolver
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected nginx package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 89648
File Name: fedora_2016-fd3428577d.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 3/4/2016
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nginx, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2016
Reference Information
FEDORA: 2016-fd3428577d