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Rocky Linux: CVE-2021-23017: nginx-1.20 (Multiple Advisories)

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Rocky Linux: CVE-2021-23017: nginx-1.20 (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/01/2021
Created
05/06/2022
Added
05/05/2022
Modified
08/28/2024

Description

A security issue in nginx resolver was identified, which might allow an attacker who is able to forge UDP packets from the DNS server to cause 1-byte memory overwrite, resulting in worker process crash or potential other impact.

Solution(s)

  • rocky-upgrade-nginx
  • rocky-upgrade-nginx-debuginfo
  • rocky-upgrade-nginx-debugsource
  • rocky-upgrade-nginx-mod-http-image-filter
  • rocky-upgrade-nginx-mod-http-image-filter-debuginfo
  • rocky-upgrade-nginx-mod-http-perl
  • rocky-upgrade-nginx-mod-http-perl-debuginfo
  • rocky-upgrade-nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter
  • rocky-upgrade-nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter-debuginfo
  • rocky-upgrade-nginx-mod-mail
  • rocky-upgrade-nginx-mod-mail-debuginfo
  • rocky-upgrade-nginx-mod-stream
  • rocky-upgrade-nginx-mod-stream-debuginfo

References

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