CVE-2018-16844

nginx before versions 1.15.6 and 1.14.1 has a vulnerability in the implementation of HTTP/2 that can allow for excessive CPU usage. 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.
References
Link Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00035.html Third Party Advisory
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000220.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105868 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042038 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3680 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3681 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16844 Issue Tracking
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3812-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4335 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00035.html Third Party Advisory
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000220.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105868 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042038 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3680 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3681 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16844 Issue Tracking
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3812-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4335 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:53

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00035.html - Third Party Advisory () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00035.html - Third Party Advisory
References () http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000220.html - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory () http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000220.html - Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
References () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105868 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105868 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042038 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry () http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042038 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3680 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3680 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3681 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3681 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16844 - Issue Tracking () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16844 - Issue Tracking
References () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 - Third Party Advisory () https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3812-1/ - Third Party Advisory () https://usn.ubuntu.com/3812-1/ - Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4335 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4335 - Third Party Advisory

22 Feb 2022, 19:27

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:nginx:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

16 Dec 2021, 19:01

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 - (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 - (CONFIRM) https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 - Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

10 Nov 2021, 16:02

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

22 Sep 2021, 00:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (FULLDISC) http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 -

20 Sep 2021, 20:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (CONFIRM) https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 -

Information

Published : 2018-11-07 14:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:53


NVD link : CVE-2018-16844

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16844

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-16844


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

f5

  • nginx

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

apple

  • xcode
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption