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nginx Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2011-4968)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Web Servers
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
3 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
nginx is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability in the http proxy module.
Insight
Insight
nginx http proxy module does not verify peer identity of https origin server which could facilitate man-in-the-middle attack (MITM).
Affected Software
Affected Software
nginx versions before 1.7.0.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 1.7.0 and enable the 'proxy_ssl_verify' option in the nginx configuration if the http proxy module is used.