Public bug reported: There is an unpatched bug present in the version of Nginx that ships with Precise (at least version 1.1.19-1 on AMD64).
The upstream bug report (closed/fixed already) is http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/ticket/152 The bug was fixed upstream in 1.1.20 and beyond. It causes an nginx worker crash with something similar to: 2012/09/05 16:25:12 [alert] 12295#0: worker process 12370 exited on signal 11 (core dumped) in syslog. The client sees a "no data" response when this happens. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: nginx-full 1.1.19-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-27.43-virtual 3.2.21 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-27-virtual x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: amd64 Date: Wed Sep 5 16:46:15 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100427) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nginx UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-08-07 (28 days ago) ** Affects: nginx (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1046150 Title: nginx segfaults when a try_files directive is used To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/+bug/1046150/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
