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CVE-2018-16843

nginx before versions 1.15.6 and 1.14.1 has a vulnerability in the implementation of HTTP/2 that can allow for excessive memory consumption. This issue affects nginx compiled with the ngx_http_v2_module (not compiled by default) if the 'http2' option of the 'listen' directive is used in a configuration file.

Published

2018-11-07T14:29:00.777

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:53:25.653

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-400
Type: Secondary
CWE-400

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	f5	nginx	< 1.14.1	Yes
Application	f5	nginx	< 1.15.6	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.10	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.1	Yes
Application	apple	xcode	< 13.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000220.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105868 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042038 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3653 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3680 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3681 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16843 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3812-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4335 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000220.html Mailing List, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105868 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042038 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3653 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3680 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3681 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16843 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3812-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4335 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)