CVE-2017-7529

Publication date 11 July 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Nginx versions since 0.5.6 up to and including 1.13.2 are vulnerable to integer overflow vulnerability in nginx range filter module resulting into leak of potentially sensitive information triggered by specially crafted request.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
nginx	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1.10.3-1ubuntu3.1
	16.10 yakkety	Fixed 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.3
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8

Notes

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from the nginx announcement, the following configuration can be used as a temporary workaround: max_ranges 1;

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
nginx	Upstream: http://nginx.org/download/patch.2017.ranges.txt Upstream: https://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset?old=7058&old_path=nginx%2Fsrc&new=1adc6b0d5eaa3bddd6bb1ef7b78b9511d536f14e&new_path=nginx%2Fsrc

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3352-1
nginx vulnerability
13 July 2017