SB2020020624 - Resource exhaustion in nghttp2 nghttp2
Published: February 6, 2020 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020020624
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1544)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to perform service disruption.
nghttp2 before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177308.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177666.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308461
- https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1
- https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/tag/v1.7.1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-13