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Debian DSA-1920-1 : nginx - denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 44785

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the nginx package.

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.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=552035

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1920

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44785

File Name: debian_DSA-1920.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nginx, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 10/26/2009

Reference Information

DSA: 1920