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Nginx: NULL pointer dereference while writing client request body (CVE-2016-4450)

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Nginx: NULL pointer dereference while writing client request body (CVE-2016-4450)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/01/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/01/2016
Modified
02/16/2023

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)

  • nginx-nginx-upgrade-1_10_1
  • nginx-nginx-upgrade-1_11_1

References

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