SB2018112022 - Fedora 27 update for nginx
Published: November 20, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16843)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive memory usage when processing HTTP/2 requests within the ngx_http_v2_module module. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP/2 requests to the affected web server and consume all available memory on the system and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16844)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to excessive CPU usage when processing HTTP/2 requests within the ngx_http_v2_module module. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP/2 requests to the affected web server and cause high CPU usage and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
3) Buffer over-read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16845)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or trigger denial of service conditions.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when processing headers of MP4 files within the ngx_http_mp4_module module. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted MP4 file, trick the victim into uploading it on the server and trigger application crash or disclosure of the worker's process memory.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that nginx is compiled with support for ngx_http_mp4_module module (not a default configuration).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.