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PostPosted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:26 pm    Post subject: [ GLSA 200909-18 ] nginx: Remote execution of arbitrary code Reply with quote

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: nginx: Remote execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 200909-18)
Severity: high
Exploitable: remote
Date: September 18, 2009
Bug(s): #285162
ID: 200909-18

Synopsis


A buffer underflow vulnerability in the request URI processing of nginx
might enable remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial
of Service.


Background


nginx is a robust, small and high performance HTTP and reverse proxy
server.


Affected Packages

Package: www-servers/nginx
Vulnerable: < 0.7.62
Unaffected: >= 0.5.38 < 0.5.39
Unaffected: >= 0.6.39 < 0.6.40
Unaffected: >= 0.7.62
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description


Chris Ries reported a heap-based buffer underflow in the
ngx_http_parse_complex_uri() function in http/ngx_http_parse.c when
parsing the request URI.


Impact


A remote attacker might send a specially crafted request URI to a nginx
server, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running the server, or a Denial of
Service. NOTE: By default, nginx runs as the "nginx" user.


Workaround


There is no known workaround at this time.


Resolution


All nginx 0.5.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code:
# emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/nginx-0.5.38"

All nginx 0.6.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code:
# emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/nginx-0.6.39"

All nginx 0.7.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code:
# emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-servers/nginx-0.7.62"


References

CVE-2009-2629


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