usn-3812-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-11-07 15:01
Modified
2026-02-10 04:41
Summary
nginx vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the HTTP/2 implementation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause excessive memory consumption, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-16843)

Gal Goldshtein discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the HTTP/2 implementation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause excessive CPU usage, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-16844)

It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the ngx_http_mp4_module module. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted mp4 file to cause nginx to crash, stop responding, or access arbitrary memory. (CVE-2018-16845)

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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the HTTP/2 implementation.\nA remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause excessive memory\nconsumption, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-16843)\n\nGal Goldshtein discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the HTTP/2\nimplementation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nexcessive CPU usage, leading to a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10.\n(CVE-2018-16844)\n\nIt was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the ngx_http_mp4_module\nmodule. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially\ncrafted mp4 file to cause nginx to crash, stop responding, or access\narbitrary memory. (CVE-2018-16845)\n",
  "id": "USN-3812-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:41:26Z",
  "published": "2018-11-07T15:01:09Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3812-1"
    },
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    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "nginx vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16843",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16844",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16845"
  ]
}



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