FreeBSD : nginx -- multiple vulnerabilities (c1c18ee1-c711-11e5-96d6-14dae9d210b8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88503

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Maxim Dounin reports :

Several problems in nginx resolver were identified, which might allow an attacker to cause worker process crash, or might have potential other impact if the 'resolver' directive is used in a configuration file.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?a5d63d59

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88503

File Name: freebsd_pkg_c1c18ee1c71111e596d614dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 2/1/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nginx, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:nginx-devel, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0742, CVE-2016-0746, CVE-2016-0747