CVE-2018-16844
Description
nginx before versions 1.15.6 and 1.14.1 has a vulnerability in the implementation of HTTP/2 that can allow for excessive CPU usage. 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.
CWE
- CWE-400 — CWE-400
Affected
- [UNKNOWN] / nginx — v=1.15.6 [affected]; v=1.14.1 [affected]
CVSS
- 3.0 score=5.3 severity=MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
References
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4335 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16844 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3680 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3681 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105868 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000220.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042038 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3812-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00035.html vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
Source
cvelistV5-main/cves/2018/16xxx/CVE-2018-16844.json