USN-3352-1: nginx vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3352-1

13th July, 2017

nginx vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

• Ubuntu 17.04



• Ubuntu 16.10



• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS



• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

nginx could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Software description

• nginx
  - small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server
  
  

Details

It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the range filter
feature of nginx. A remote attacker could use this to expose
sensitive information.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:

Ubuntu 17.04:

Ubuntu 16.10:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions: