USN-4099-1: nginx vulnerabilities
nginx vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
nginx could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.
Software Description
- nginx – small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server
Details
Jonathan Looney discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the HTTP/2
implementation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to consume
resources, leading to a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- nginx-common – 1.15.9-0ubuntu1.1
- nginx-core – 1.15.9-0ubuntu1.1
- nginx-extras – 1.15.9-0ubuntu1.1
- nginx-full – 1.15.9-0ubuntu1.1
- nginx-light – 1.15.9-0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- nginx-common – 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.4
- nginx-core – 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.4
- nginx-extras – 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.4
- nginx-full – 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.4
- nginx-light – 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.4
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- nginx-common – 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
- nginx-core – 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
- nginx-extras – 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
- nginx-full – 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
- nginx-light – 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-4099-1: nginx vulnerabilities
