Denial of service in nginx mp4 module



| Updated: 2024-08-20
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-7347
CWE-ID CWE-125
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 nginx
Server applications / Web servers

NGINX Plus
Server applications / Web servers

Vendor NGINX
F5 Networks

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU96020

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-7347

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the ngx_http_mp4_module when reading mp4 files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the web server, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that the server is built with the ngx_http_mp4_module and the "mp4" directive is used in the configuration file.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

nginx: 1.5.13 - 1.27.0

NGINX Plus: R30 P1 - R32

CPE2.3 External links

http://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000140529
http://nginx.org/download/patch.2024.mp4.txt
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2024/UUOCLLONPR6244YQYU65PO5LB7JDYCWM.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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