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nginx 1.9.5 < 1.16.1 / 1.17.x < 1.17.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 127907

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Synopsis

The remote web server is affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its Server response header, the installed version of nginx is 1.9.5 prior to 1.16.1 or 1.17.x prior to 1.17.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

 - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the HTTP/2 protocol stack due to improper handling of exceptional conditions. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by manipulating the window size and stream priority of a large data request, to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2019-9511)

 - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the HTTP/2 protocol stack due to improper handling of exceptional conditions. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by creating multiple request streams and continually shuffling the priority of the streams, to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2019-9513)

 - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the HTTP/2 protocol stack due to improper handling of exceptional conditions. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by sending a stream of headers with a zero length header name and zero length header value, to cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2019-9516)

Solution

Upgrade to nginx version 1.16.1 / 1.17.3 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b562be58

http://www.nessus.org/u?5ca4073f

http://www.nessus.org/u?98fc786c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127907

File Name: nginx_1_17_3.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: combined

Agent: unix

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/16/2019

Updated: 12/5/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9511

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nginx:nginx

Required KB Items: installed_sw/nginx

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9511, CVE-2019-9513, CVE-2019-9516