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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-4450: nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 7, 2016
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

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

gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-servers-nginx
Title
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