Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1920-1 nginx -- denial of service
- Date Reported:
- 26 Oct 2009
- Affected Packages:
- nginx
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 552035.
- More information:
-
A denial of service vulnerability has been found in nginx, a small and efficient web server.
Jasson Bell discovered that a remote attacker could cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) by sending a crafted request.
For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.13-2+etch3.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.32-3+lenny3.
For the testing (squeeze) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.62-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your nginx package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3.dsc
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3.dsc
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_arm.deb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_armel.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.