CVE-2018-16844

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductF5 Nginx
PublishedNov 7, 2018
First seenNov 7, 2018

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
f5 nginx1.9.5 ≤ v < 1.14.1, 1.15.0 ≤ v < 1.15.61.14.1, 1.15.6
debian debian_linux9.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10—
apple xcodev < 13.013.0

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