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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703592
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3592-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'nginx' package(s) announced via the DSA-3592-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'nginx' package(s) announced via the DSA-3592-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference in the Nginx code responsible for saving client request bodies to a temporary file might result in denial of service: Malformed requests could crash worker processes.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.2-5+deb8u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your nginx packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'nginx' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4450
BugTraq ID: 90967
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90967
Debian Security Information: DSA-3592 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3592
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2016/000179.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1425
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036019
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2991-1
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