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- nginx - small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server
Details
It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the HTTP/2 implementation.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause excessive memory
consumption, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-16843)
Gal Goldshtein discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the HTTP/2
implementation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
excessive CPU usage, leading to a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10.
(CVE-2018-16844)
It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the ngx_http_mp4_module
module. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially
crafted mp4 file to cause nginx to crash, stop responding, or access
arbitrary memory. (
It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the HTTP/2 implementation.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause excessive memory
consumption, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-16843)
Gal Goldshtein discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the HTTP/2
implementation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
excessive CPU usage, leading to a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10.
(CVE-2018-16844)
It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled the ngx_http_mp4_module
module. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially
crafted mp4 file to cause nginx to crash, stop responding, or access
arbitrary memory. (CVE-2018-16845)
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
---|---|---|---|
18.10 cosmic | nginx-common – 1.15.5-0ubuntu2.1 | ||
nginx-core – 1.15.5-0ubuntu2.1 | |||
nginx-extras – 1.15.5-0ubuntu2.1 | |||
nginx-full – 1.15.5-0ubuntu2.1 | |||
nginx-light – 1.15.5-0ubuntu2.1 | |||
18.04 bionic | nginx-common – 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2 | ||
nginx-core – 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2 | |||
nginx-extras – 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2 | |||
nginx-full – 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2 | |||
nginx-light – 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2 | |||
16.04 xenial | nginx-common – 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 | ||
nginx-core – 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 | |||
nginx-extras – 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 | |||
nginx-full – 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 | |||
nginx-light – 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 | |||
14.04 trusty | nginx-common – 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9 | ||
nginx-core – 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9 | |||
nginx-extras – 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9 | |||
nginx-full – 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9 | |||
nginx-light – 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9 |
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