FreeBSD : nginx -- a specially crafted request might result in worker process crash (36cf7670-2774-11e6-af29-f0def16c5c1b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91399

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Maxim Dounin reports :

A problem was identified in nginx code responsible for saving client request body to a temporary file. A specially crafted request might result in worker process crash due to a NULL pointer dereference while writing client request body to a temporary file.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91399

File Name: freebsd_pkg_36cf7670277411e6af29f0def16c5c1b.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 6/1/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nginx, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nginx-devel, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4450

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