Activity log for bug #1587577

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2016-05-31 17:06:53 Thomas Ward bug added bug
2016-05-31 17:07:11 Thomas Ward description It was announced by NGINX on May 31, 2016 that there is a security update for NGINX. ------ (http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2016/000179.html) A problem was identified in nginx code responsible for saving client request body to a temporary file. A specially crafted request might result in worker process crash due to a NULL pointer dereference while writing client request body to a temporary file (CVE-2016-4450). The problem affects nginx 1.3.9 - 1.11.0. The problem is fixed in nginx 1.11.1, 1.10.1. Patch for nginx 1.9.13 - 1.11.0 can be found here: http://nginx.org/download/patch.2016.write.txt Patch for older nginx versions (1.3.9 - 1.9.12): http://nginx.org/download/patch.2016.write2.txt ------ Trusty, Vivid, Wily, Xenial, and Yakkety are affected. It was announced by NGINX on May 31, 2016 that there is a security update for NGINX. ------ (http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2016/000179.html) A problem was identified in nginx code responsible for saving client request body to a temporary file. A specially crafted request might result in worker process crash due to a NULL pointer dereference while writing client request body to a temporary file (CVE-2016-4450). The problem affects nginx 1.3.9 - 1.11.0. The problem is fixed in nginx 1.11.1, 1.10.1. Patch for nginx 1.9.13 - 1.11.0 can be found here: http://nginx.org/download/patch.2016.write.txt Patch for older nginx versions (1.3.9 - 1.9.12): http://nginx.org/download/patch.2016.write2.txt ------ Trusty, Vivid, Wily, Xenial, and Yakkety are affected, based on the NGINX upstream reported 'affected versions'.
2016-05-31 17:07:18 Thomas Ward nominated for series Ubuntu Yakkety
2016-05-31 17:07:18 Thomas Ward bug task added nginx (Ubuntu Yakkety)
2016-05-31 17:07:18 Thomas Ward nominated for series Ubuntu Vivid
2016-05-31 17:07:18 Thomas Ward bug task added nginx (Ubuntu Vivid)
2016-05-31 17:07:18 Thomas Ward nominated for series Ubuntu Trusty
2016-05-31 17:07:18 Thomas Ward bug task added nginx (Ubuntu Trusty)
2016-05-31 17:07:18 Thomas Ward nominated for series Ubuntu Xenial
2016-05-31 17:07:18 Thomas Ward bug task added nginx (Ubuntu Xenial)
2016-05-31 17:07:18 Thomas Ward nominated for series Ubuntu Wily
2016-05-31 17:07:18 Thomas Ward bug task added nginx (Ubuntu Wily)
2016-05-31 17:07:23 Thomas Ward nginx (Ubuntu Xenial): status New Confirmed
2016-05-31 17:07:25 Thomas Ward nginx (Ubuntu Wily): status New Confirmed
2016-05-31 17:07:29 Thomas Ward nginx (Ubuntu Vivid): status New Confirmed
2016-05-31 17:07:31 Thomas Ward nginx (Ubuntu Trusty): status New Confirmed
2016-05-31 17:07:36 Thomas Ward nginx (Ubuntu Yakkety): assignee Thomas Ward (teward)
2016-05-31 17:07:52 Thomas Ward cve linked 2016-4450
2016-05-31 17:08:04 Thomas Ward summary Security Advisory - May 31 2016 Security Advisory - May 31 2016 - CVE-2016-4450
2016-05-31 17:09:01 Thomas Ward description It was announced by NGINX on May 31, 2016 that there is a security update for NGINX. ------ (http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2016/000179.html) A problem was identified in nginx code responsible for saving client request body to a temporary file. A specially crafted request might result in worker process crash due to a NULL pointer dereference while writing client request body to a temporary file (CVE-2016-4450). The problem affects nginx 1.3.9 - 1.11.0. The problem is fixed in nginx 1.11.1, 1.10.1. Patch for nginx 1.9.13 - 1.11.0 can be found here: http://nginx.org/download/patch.2016.write.txt Patch for older nginx versions (1.3.9 - 1.9.12): http://nginx.org/download/patch.2016.write2.txt ------ Trusty, Vivid, Wily, Xenial, and Yakkety are affected, based on the NGINX upstream reported 'affected versions'. It was announced by NGINX on May 31, 2016 that there is a security update for NGINX. Patches are available as below. This is CVE-2016-4450. ------ (http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2016/000179.html) A problem was identified in nginx code responsible for saving client request body to a temporary file. A specially crafted request might result in worker process crash due to a NULL pointer dereference while writing client request body to a temporary file (CVE-2016-4450). The problem affects nginx 1.3.9 - 1.11.0. The problem is fixed in nginx 1.11.1, 1.10.1. Patch for nginx 1.9.13 - 1.11.0 can be found here: http://nginx.org/download/patch.2016.write.txt Patch for older nginx versions (1.3.9 - 1.9.12): http://nginx.org/download/patch.2016.write2.txt ------ Trusty, Vivid, Wily, Xenial, and Yakkety are affected, based on the NGINX upstream reported 'affected versions'.
2016-05-31 17:13:51 Thomas Ward nginx (Ubuntu Yakkety): status Confirmed In Progress
2016-05-31 19:24:20 Thomas Ward bug watch added http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825960
2016-05-31 19:24:20 Thomas Ward bug task added nginx (Debian)
2016-05-31 23:11:35 Thomas Ward summary Security Advisory - May 31 2016 - CVE-2016-4450 [CVE-2016-4450] NULL pointer dereference while writing client request body
2016-05-31 23:37:39 Thomas Ward nginx (Ubuntu Yakkety): status In Progress Fix Committed
2016-06-01 00:05:44 Thomas Ward attachment added CVE-2016-4450 debdiff for Xenial https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/+bug/1587577/+attachment/4673895/+files/xenial_cve-2016-4450.debdiff
2016-06-01 00:25:29 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags patch
2016-06-01 00:27:47 Thomas Ward attachment added CVE-2016-4450 debdiff for Wily https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/+bug/1587577/+attachment/4673896/+files/wily_cve-2016-4450.debdiff
2016-06-01 00:31:07 Thomas Ward nginx (Ubuntu Vivid): status Confirmed Won't Fix
2016-06-01 00:34:46 Thomas Ward attachment added CVE-2016-4450 debdiff for Trusty https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/+bug/1587577/+attachment/4673898/+files/trusty_cve-2015-4450.debdiff
2016-06-01 00:59:01 Bug Watch Updater nginx (Debian): status Unknown Fix Released
2016-06-01 01:03:23 Launchpad Janitor nginx (Ubuntu Yakkety): status Fix Committed Fix Released
2016-06-02 16:59:49 Launchpad Janitor nginx (Ubuntu Xenial): status Confirmed Fix Released
2016-06-02 17:09:51 Launchpad Janitor nginx (Ubuntu Trusty): status Confirmed Fix Released
2016-06-02 17:09:53 Launchpad Janitor nginx (Ubuntu Wily): status Confirmed Fix Released