USN-2892-1: nginx vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2892-1

9th February, 2016

nginx vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

Ubuntu 15.10
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in nginx.

Software description

nginx
– small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server

Details

It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled certain DNS server
responses when the resolver is enabled. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause nginx to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-0742)

It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled CNAME response processing
when the resolver is enabled. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause nginx to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-0746)

It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled CNAME resolution when
the resolver is enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause nginx to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-0747)