Security update for nginx

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1171-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2019-20372 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2019-20372 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15

An update that solves one vulnerability, contains three features and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for nginx fixes the following issues:

nginx was updated to 1.16.1 (jsc#ECO-1401)

  • Added TLS 1.3 support (jsc#SLE-9295, bsc#1150711)
  • Replaced obsolete GeoIP module with MaxMinDB-based GeoIP2 (jsc#SLE-11184, bsc#1156202)
  • Started nginx after network is online (bsc#1155690)
  • CVE-2019-20372: Fixed an HTTP request smuggling with certain error_page configurations which could have allowed unauthorized web page reads (bsc#1160682).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-1171=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-1171=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-1171=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-1171=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ESPOS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • nginx-1.16.1-3.12.7
    • nginx-debugsource-1.16.1-3.12.7
    • nginx-debuginfo-1.16.1-3.12.7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • nginx-1.16.1-3.12.7
    • nginx-debugsource-1.16.1-3.12.7
    • nginx-debuginfo-1.16.1-3.12.7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 LTSS 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • nginx-1.16.1-3.12.7
    • nginx-debugsource-1.16.1-3.12.7
    • nginx-debuginfo-1.16.1-3.12.7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • nginx-1.16.1-3.12.7
    • nginx-debugsource-1.16.1-3.12.7
    • nginx-debuginfo-1.16.1-3.12.7

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