usn-2991-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-06-02 17:03
Modified
2026-02-10 04:41
Summary
nginx vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled saving client request bodies to temporary files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause nginx to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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  "id": "USN-2991-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:00Z",
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