CVE-2017-7529

Publication date 11 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

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

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

sbeattie

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

Patch details

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Package Patch details
nginx

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

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