Fedora 40: nginx-mod-modsecurity 2024-6ba57fd2a3 Security Advisory Updates
Summary
The ModSecurity-nginx connector is the connection point between nginx and
libmodsecurity (ModSecurity v3). Said another way, this project provides a
communication channel between nginx and libmodsecurity. This connector is
required to use LibModSecurity with nginx.
The ModSecurity-nginx connector takes the form of an nginx module. The module
simply serves as a layer of communication between nginx and ModSecurity
Update Information:
Security: processing of a specially crafted mp4 file by the ngx_http_mp4_module might cause a worker process crash (CVE-2024-7347). Thanks to Nils Bars.
Change Log
* Sat Aug 17 2024 Felix Kaechele
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2305156 - CVE-2024-7347 nginx: Nginx: Specially crafted file may cause Denial of Service [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2305156
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-6ba57fd2a3' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label