Fix security vulnerabilities in suggested nginx configuration

The suggested configurations for nginx found in the documentation and
templates lead to vulnerabilities allowing host spoofing [1] and path
traversal [2], as reported by Gixy [3]. This commit fixes those issues.

[1] https://github.com/yandex/gixy/blob/master/docs/en/plugins/hostspoofing.md
[2] https://github.com/yandex/gixy/blob/master/docs/en/plugins/aliastraversal.md
[3] https://github.com/yandex/gixy
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Alex Balgavy 2021-03-03 12:21:06 +01:00
parent c748fc66cf
commit 6b59800dc6
3 changed files with 12 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ Use it along with ``nginx`` with the following example configuration.
location /searx {
proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:4004/;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header Connection $http_connection;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;