Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1920-1 nginx -- denial of service

Date Reported:
26 Oct 2009
Affected Packages:
nginx
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 552035.
More information:

A denial of service vulnerability has been found in nginx, a small and efficient web server.

Jasson Bell discovered that a remote attacker could cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) by sending a crafted request.

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4.13-2+etch3.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.32-3+lenny3.

For the testing (squeeze) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.62-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your nginx package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3.diff.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.4.13-2+etch3_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3.diff.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_arm.deb
ARM EABI:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_armel.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nginx/nginx_0.6.32-3+lenny3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.