glsa-201502-06.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201502-06">
  <title>nginx: Information disclosure</title>
  <synopsis>An SSL session fixation vulnerability in nginx may allow remote
    attackers to obtain sensitive information.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">nginx</product>
  <announced>2015-02-07</announced>
  <revised count="1">2015-02-07</revised>
  <bug>522994</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="www-servers/nginx" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.7.6</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.6</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>nginx is a robust, small, and high performance HTTP and reverse proxy
      server.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>An SSL session fixation vulnerability has been found in nginx when
      multiple servers use the same shared ssl_session_cache or
      ssl_session_ticket_key.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker may be able to obtain sensitive information.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All nginx users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=www-servers/nginx-1.7.6"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3616">CVE-2014-3616</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-01-05T00:39:58Z">Zlogene</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-02-07T20:30:19Z">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>