Fedora 26 : 1:nginx (2017-aecd25b8a9)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 102719
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VPR Score: 4.4

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update includes nginx 1.12.1, fixing CVE-2017-7529, and adds the http_auth_request module.

See http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2017/000200.html for more information on CVE-2017-7529.

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Solution

Update the affected 1:nginx package.

See Also

http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2017/000200.html

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-aecd25b8a9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 102719

File Name: fedora_2017-aecd25b8a9.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/24/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 4.4

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:1:nginx, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7529