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nginx Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2014-3556)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Web Servers
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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 SMTP proxy.
Insight
Insight
A bug in nginx SMTP proxy was found, which allows an attacker in a privileged network position to inject commands into SSL sessions started with the STARTTLS command, potentially making it possible to steal sensitive information sent by clients.
Affected Software
Affected Software
nginx versions 1.5.6 - 1.7.3.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 1.6.1, 1.7.4 or later.