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Nginx 1.15.x < 1.15.6 Multiple Vulnerabilties

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Synopsis

Nginx 1.15.x < 1.15.6 Multiple Vulnerabilties

Description

According to its Server response header, the installed version of nginx is 1.x prior to 1.14.1 or 1.15.x prior to 1.15.6. It is, therefore, affected by the following issues :

 - An unspecified error exists related to the module 'ngx_http_v2_module' that allows excessive memory usage. (CVE-2018-16843)

 - An unspecified error exists related to the module 'ngx_http_v2_module' that allows excessive CPU usage. (CVE-2018-16844)

 - An unspecified error exists related to the module 'ngx_http_mp4_module' that allows worker process crashes or memory disclosure. (CVE-2018-16845)

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to nginx version 1.15.6 or later.

See Also

http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000220.html

http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000221.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 98597

Type: remote

Published: 5/17/2019

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: api, basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16843

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16843

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:nginx:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16843, CVE-2018-16844, CVE-2018-16845

BID: 105868