FreeBSD: nginx -- a specially crafted request might result in worker process crash (CVE-2016-4450)
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05/31/2016
07/25/2018
06/01/2016
10/30/2017
Description
os/unix/ngx_files.c in nginx before 1.10.1 and 1.11.x before 1.11.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a crafted request, involving writing a client request body to a temporary file.
Solution(s)
- freebsd-upgrade-package-nginx
- freebsd-upgrade-package-nginx-devel
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