1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2351-1

USN-2351-1: nginx vulnerability

Publication date

22 September 2014

Overview

nginx could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Releases

Packages

  • nginx - small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server

Details

Antoine Delignat-Lavaud and Karthikeyan Bhargavan discovered that nginx
incorrectly reused cached SSL sessions. An attacker could possibly use this
issue in certain configurations to obtain access to information from a
different virtual host.

Antoine Delignat-Lavaud and Karthikeyan Bhargavan discovered that nginx
incorrectly reused cached SSL sessions. An attacker could possibly use this
issue in certain configurations to obtain access to information from a
different virtual host.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.04 trusty nginx-core –  1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1
nginx-extras –  1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1
nginx-full –  1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1
nginx-light –  1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1
nginx-naxsi –  1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1

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References

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