SB2019021203 - Denial of service in NGINX Unit 



SB2019021203 - Denial of service in NGINX Unit

Published: February 12, 2019 Updated: February 12, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019021203
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7401)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted request, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and cause the router process to crash.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.