Security Vulnerability in Nginx: Patch & Upgrades Available

By Michael Mullany | September 14th, 2009 at 11:09AM

Today, nginx released new versions (0.6.39, 0.7.62, 0.8.15) and a patch to fix a remote execution security vulnerability in all versions of nginx.  Attackers exploiting this vulnerability can execute arbitrary code within the rights of the nginx worker process or cause a denial of service by repeatedly crashing the process.

All instances created in the last week on Engine Yard Cloud already include a patch for this vulnerability. Older instances can apply this fix by simply performing a redeploy. Engine Yard customers have been contacted by email and private cloud customers should coordinate with support to schedule an appropriate maintenance window for upgrade.

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2 Responses to “Security Vulnerability in Nginx: Patch & Upgrades Available”

  1. Phew! I just deployed 0.6.38 today, thinking I was nice and up to date. Hard to keep up.

  2. Noam Noam says:

    a basic article, but still is good to read and learn- how to eliminate website vulnerabilities – http://bit.ly/4-Steps-to-Eliminate-Security-Vulne...

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