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Mageia: 2019-0342 Moderate: Nginx Memory Consumption and CPU Usage

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Calendar Grey November 30, 2019
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Revised nginx versions resolve vulnerabilities tied to heightened memory and processor consumption when managing HTTP/2 connections.
Updated nginx packages fix security vulnerabilities: When using HTTP/2 a client might cause excessive memory consumption and CPU usage (CVE-2019-9511, CVE-2019-9513, CVE-2019-9516...

Summary

Updated nginx packages fix security vulnerabilities:
When using HTTP/2 a client might cause excessive memory consumption and CPU usage (CVE-2019-9511, CVE-2019-9513, CVE-2019-9516).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25303

- https://nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.16

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9511

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9513

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9516

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Topics Covered

security advisory nginx memory consumption CPU usage Mageia HTTP/2 excessive usage

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/nginx-1.16.1-1.mga7

Publication date: 30 Nov 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0342.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-9511, CVE-2019-9513, CVE-2019-9516

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Topics Covered

security advisory nginx memory consumption CPU usage Mageia HTTP/2 excessive usage

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