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TITLE:
nginx "location" Restricted Resource Access Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50912

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RELEASE DATE:
2012-10-15

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DESCRIPTION:
Positive Research has reported a vulnerability in nginx, which can be
exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing HTTP
requests for resources defined via the "location" directive  and can
be exploited to access restricted resources via specially crafted
HTTP requests containing NTFS extended attributes.

The vulnerability is reported in Windows versions prior to 1.2.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Vladimir Kochetkov, Positive Research.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
nginx:
http://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2012/000086.html

Positive Research:
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2012-06
http://blog.ptsecurity.com/2012/06/vulnerability-in-nginx-eliminated.html

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