nginx vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
* Ubuntu 19.10
* Ubuntu 19.04
* Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
nginx could be made to expose sensitive information over the
network.
Software Description
* nginx - small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server
Details
Bert JW Regeer and Francisco Oca Gonzalez discovered that nginx
incorrectly handled certain error_page configurations. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to perform HTTP request
smuggling attacks and access resources contrary to expectations.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
nginx-common - 1.16.1-0ubuntu2.1
nginx-core - 1.16.1-0ubuntu2.1
nginx-extras - 1.16.1-0ubuntu2.1
nginx-full - 1.16.1-0ubuntu2.1
nginx-light - 1.16.1-0ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 19.04
nginx-common - 1.15.9-0ubuntu1.2
nginx-core - 1.15.9-0ubuntu1.2
nginx-extras - 1.15.9-0ubuntu1.2
nginx-full - 1.15.9-0ubuntu1.2
nginx-light - 1.15.9-0ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
nginx-common - 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.7
nginx-core - 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.7
nginx-extras - 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.7
nginx-full - 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.7
nginx-light - 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.7
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
nginx-common - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
nginx-core - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
nginx-extras - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
nginx-full - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
nginx-light - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5
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
* CVE-2019-20372
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 (Linux/64)
* Origin: BZ&BZ BBS (21:4/110)