USN-3812-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3812-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3812-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3812-1
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Published
2018-11-07T15:01:09.512550Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:44Z
Summary
nginx vulnerabilities
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 ngxhttpmp4_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)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / nginx

Package

Name
nginx
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nginx@1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.1-3ubuntu1
1.4.3-2ubuntu1
1.4.4-1ubuntu1
1.4.4-2ubuntu1
1.4.4-4ubuntu1
1.4.5-1ubuntu1
1.4.6-1ubuntu2
1.4.6-1ubuntu3
1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1
1.4.6-1ubuntu3.2
1.4.6-1ubuntu3.3
1.4.6-1ubuntu3.4
1.4.6-1ubuntu3.5
1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6
1.4.6-1ubuntu3.7
1.4.6-1ubuntu3.8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx",
            "binary_version": "1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-common",
            "binary_version": "1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-core",
            "binary_version": "1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-extras",
            "binary_version": "1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-full",
            "binary_version": "1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-light",
            "binary_version": "1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-naxsi",
            "binary_version": "1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-naxsi-ui",
            "binary_version": "1.4.6-1ubuntu3.9"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-16845",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / nginx

Package

Name
nginx
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nginx@1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.3-1ubuntu1
1.9.6-2ubuntu1
1.9.6-2ubuntu2
1.9.9-0ubuntu1
1.9.9-1ubuntu1
1.9.10-0ubuntu1
1.9.10-1ubuntu1
1.9.11-0ubuntu1
1.9.11-0ubuntu2
1.9.12-0ubuntu1
1.9.13-0ubuntu1
1.9.14-0ubuntu1
1.9.15-0ubuntu1
1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx",
            "binary_version": "1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-common",
            "binary_version": "1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-core",
            "binary_version": "1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-extras",
            "binary_version": "1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-full",
            "binary_version": "1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-light",
            "binary_version": "1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-16843",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-16844",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-16845",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / nginx

Package

Name
nginx
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nginx@1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.12.1-0ubuntu2
1.13.6-2ubuntu1
1.13.6-2ubuntu2
1.13.10-1ubuntu1
1.13.12-0ubuntu1
1.14.0-0ubuntu1
1.14.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-auth-pam",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-cache-purge",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-dav-ext",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-echo",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-fancyindex",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-geoip",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-headers-more-filter",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-image-filter",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-lua",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-ndk",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-perl",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-subs-filter",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-uploadprogress",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-upstream-fair",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-http-xslt-filter",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-mail",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-nchan",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-rtmp",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnginx-mod-stream",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-common",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-core",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-extras",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-full",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nginx-light",
            "binary_version": "1.14.0-0ubuntu1.2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-16843",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-16844",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-16845",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}