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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2627-1 (nginx - information leak)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong discovered a weakness in the TLS/SSL protocol when using compression. This side channel attack, dubbed CRIME , allows eavesdroppers to gather information to recover the original plaintext in the protocol. This update to nginx disables SSL compression.
Affected Software
Affected Software
nginx on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.67-3+squeeze3. For the testing distribution (wheezy), and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.16-1. We recommend that you upgrade your nginx packages.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
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