#VU30377 Resource exhaustion in nghttp2 - CVE-2016-1544

Vulnerability identifier: #VU30377

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1544

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
nghttp2
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: nghttp2

Description

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).

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

nghttp2: 1.7.0

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External links
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177308.html
https://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

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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