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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16844

nginx before versions 1.15.6 and 1.14.1 has a vulnerability in the implementation of HTTP/2 that can allow for excessive CPU usage. This issue affects...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

nginx before versions 1.15.6 and 1.14.1 has a vulnerability in the implementation of HTTP/2 that can allow for excessive CPU usage. This issue affects nginx compiled with the ngx_http_v2_module (not compiled by default) if the 'http2' option of the 'listen' directive is used in a configuration file.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 nginx

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.1-1"}]}]

Debian:13 nginx

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.1-1"}]}]

Debian:14 nginx

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.14.1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org