Security Advisory - Nov. 6, 2018 - CVE-2018-16845
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
nginx (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Thomas Ward | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Bionic |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Cosmic |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Unassigned | ||
Disco |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Thomas Ward |
Bug Description
The following was put out in a security advisory notice over nginx-announce's mailing list today:
http://
Hello!
A security issue was identified in the ngx_http_
allow an attacker to cause infinite loop in a worker process, cause a
worker process crash, or might result in worker process memory
disclosure by using a specially crafted mp4 file (CVE-2018-16845).
The issue only affects nginx if it is built with the ngx_http_mp4_module
(the module is not built by default) and the "mp4" directive is used in
the configuration file. Further, the attack is only possible if an
attacker is able to trigger processing of a specially crafted mp4 file
with the ngx_http_
The issue affects nginx 1.1.3+, 1.0.7+.
The issue is fixed in 1.15.6, 1.14.1.
Patch for the issue can be found here:
http://
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Based on the version strings specified, the following Ubuntu versions of nginx are affected:
* Trusty (1.4.6-1ubuntu3, 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8)
* Xenial (1.9.15-0ubuntu1, 1.10.3-
* Bionic (1.14.0-0ubuntu1, 1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1)
* Cosmic (1.15.0-0ubuntu1, 1.15.0-0ubuntu2)
* Disco (1.15.0-0ubuntu1, 1.15.0-0ubuntu3)
CVE References
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Cosmic): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Disco): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Cosmic): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Disco): | |
assignee: | nobody → Thomas Ward (teward) |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Xenial): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Bionic): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Cosmic): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in nginx (Ubuntu Disco): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
This was fixed in disco in nginx 1.15.6-0ubuntu1, closing. Thanks!