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openSUSE Security Update : nginx (openSUSE-2017-192)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96943

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for nginx fixes the following vulnerability :

 - CVE-2016-4450: Remote attackers could have caused a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a crafted request, involving writing a client request body to a temporary file.

Solution

Update the affected nginx packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=982505

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96943

File Name: openSUSE-2017-192.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/2/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nginx-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nginx, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nginx-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4450