#VU20198 Resource exhaustion in nginx - CVE-2019-9516
Published: August 13, 2019 / Updated: August 13, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20198
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9516
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
nginx
nginx
Software vendor:
F5 Networks
F5 Networks
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing HTTP/2 requests within the ngx_http_v2_module module. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP/2 request the affected server, consume all available CPU resources and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that support for HTTP/2 is enabled.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.