RHSA-2020:5495 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: nginx:1.16 security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · December 16, 2020
Updated · November 2, 2026
Topic
An update for the nginx:1.16 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
nginx is a web and proxy server supporting HTTP and other protocols, with a focus on high concurrency, performance, and low memory usage.
Security Fix(es):
- nginx: HTTP request smuggling in configurations with URL redirect used as error_page (CVE-2019-20372)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.