Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package nghttp2  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-NGHTTP2-614979
  • published8 May 2018
  • disclosed8 May 2018

Introduced: 8 May 2018

CVE-2018-1000168  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nghttp2 package and not the nghttp2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

nghttp2 version >= 1.10.0 and nghttp2 <= v1.31.0 contains an Improper Input Validation CWE-20 vulnerability in ALTSVC frame handling that can result in segmentation fault leading to denial of service. This attack appears to be exploitable via network client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in >= 1.31.1.