Resource Exhaustion Affecting nghttp2 package, versions <1.7.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.89% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-NGHTTP2-533265
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed6 Feb 2020

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2016-1544  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 nghttp2 to version 1.7.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nghttp2 package and not the nghttp2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

nghttp2 before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1