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FreeBSD: nginx -- a specially crafted request might result in worker process crash (CVE-2016-4450)

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FreeBSD: nginx -- a specially crafted request might result in worker process crash (CVE-2016-4450)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/31/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/01/2016
Modified
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

References

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