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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.140984
Category:Web application abuses
Title:nghttp2 < 1.31.1 DoS Vulnerability
Summary:nghttpd2 is prone to a denial of service vulnerability due to a NULL pointer;deference.
Description:Summary:
nghttpd2 is prone to a denial of service vulnerability due to a NULL pointer
deference.

Vulnerability Insight:
If ALTSVC frame is received by libnghttp2 and it is larger than it can
accept, the pointer field which points to ALTSVC frame payload is left NULL. Later libnghttp2 attempts to access
another field through the pointer, and gets segmentation fault.

Affected Software/OS:
nghttpd2 version 1.10.0 until 1.31.0.

Solution:
Update to version 1.31.1 or later.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-1000168
BugTraq ID: 103952
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103952
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00011.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0366
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0366
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:0367
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0367
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