Resource Exhaustion Affecting nginx package, versions <1.14.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NGINX-1555045
  • published2 Dec 2018
  • disclosed7 Nov 2018

Introduced: 7 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-16845  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 nginx to version 1.14.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nginx package and not the nginx package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

nginx before versions 1.15.6, 1.14.1 has a vulnerability in the ngx_http_mp4_module, which might allow an attacker to cause infinite loop in a worker process, cause a worker process crash, or might result in worker process memory disclosure by using a specially crafted mp4 file. The issue only affects nginx if it is built with the ngx_http_mp4_module (the module is not built by default) and the .mp4. directive is used in the configuration file. Further, the attack is only possible if an attacker is able to trigger processing of a specially crafted mp4 file with the ngx_http_mp4_module.

CVSS Scores

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