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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2670-1 nginx -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

30 May 2021

Affected Packages:

nginx

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 989095.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-23017.

More information:

Luis Merino, Markus Vervier and Eric Sesterhenn discovered an off-by-one in Nginx, a high-performance web and reverse proxy server, which could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.3-1+deb9u6.

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