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CVE-2018-16843
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
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 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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.8/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- None
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.5/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 3.6/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- High
- Integrity Impact
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | 1.14.1 | |
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | 1.15.6 | |
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | 13.0 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16843
- http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000220.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3812-1/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042038
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4335
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105868
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3653
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3681
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3680
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00035.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36