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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-2629: nginx: Remote execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-2629: nginx: Remote execution of arbitrary code

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/15/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Buffer underflow in src/http/ngx_http_parse.c in nginx 0.1.0 through 0.5.37, 0.6.x before 0.6.39, 0.7.x before 0.7.62, and 0.8.x before 0.8.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-servers-nginx

References

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