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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2283-1 nginx -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

20 Jul 2020

Affected Packages:

nginx

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 964950.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-11724.

More information:

An HTTP request smuggling issue was discovered in the ngx_lua plugin for nginx, a high-performance web and reverse proxy server, as demonstrated by the ngx.location.capture API.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.3-1+deb9u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your nginx packages.

For the detailed security status of nginx please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/nginx

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS