Security update for nginx

SUSE Security Update: Security update for nginx
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:1171-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1150711 #1155690 #1156202 #1160682
Cross-References:CVE-2019-20372
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes is now available.

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

Package List:

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

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