CVE-2018-1000168

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1000168
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-08 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-16 13:01:00 UTC
Descriptionnghttp2 version >= 1.10.0 and nghttp2 <= v1.31.0 contains an Improper Input Validation CWE-20 vulnerability in ALTSVC frame handling that can result in segmentation fault leading to denial of service. This attack appears to be exploitable via network client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in >= 1.31.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Nghttp2 Nghttp2 All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All
Application Nodejs Node.js All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
nghttp2 CVE-2018-1000168 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
June 2018 Security Releases | Node.js CONFIRM nodejs.org Third Party Advisory
Nghttp2 v1.31.1 - nghttp2.org CONFIRM nghttp2.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2786-1] nghttp2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174904 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for nghttp2 (SUSE-SU-2021:0932-1)
  • 178839 Debian Security Update for nghttp2 (DLA 2786-1)
  • 500449 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 504215 Alpine Linux Security Update for nodejs
  • 900064 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for nodejs 8.11.4
  • 902895 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for nodejs (4289)
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