FreeBSD : NGINX -- HTTP request smuggling (c1202de8-4b29-11ea-9673-4c72b94353b5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 133589

Language:

Synopsis

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

Description

NGINX Team reports :

NGINX before 1.17.7, with certain error_page configurations, allows HTTP request smuggling, as demonstrated by the ability of an attacker to read unauthorized web pages in environments where NGINX is being fronted by a load balancer.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?74b52861

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 133589

File Name: freebsd_pkg_c1202de84b2911ea96734c72b94353b5.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 2/10/2020

Updated: 3/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20372

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20372