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Red Hat: RHSA-2018:3653 Important: Nginx Memory Issues Threat

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An update for rh-nginx110-nginx is now available for Red Hat Software Collections

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The rh-nginx110-nginx service must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Summary

nginx is a web and proxy server supporting HTTP and other protocols, with a focus on high concurrency, performance, and low memory usage.
Security Fix(es):
* nginx: Denial of service and memory disclosure via mp4 module (CVE-2018-16845)
* nginx: Excessive memory consumption via flaw in HTTP/2 implementation (CVE-2018-16843)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank the Nginx project for reporting these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat memory issue Denial of Service nginx Important

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16843 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16845 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: rh-nginx110-nginx-1.10.2-8.el6.1.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-nginx110-nginx-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-debuginfo-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-image-filter-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-perl-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-mail-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-stream-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: rh-nginx110-nginx-1.10.2-8.el6.1.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-nginx110-nginx-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-debuginfo-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-image-filter-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-perl-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-mail-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-mod-stream-1.10.2-8.el6.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: rh-nginx110-nginx-1.10.2-8.el7.1.src.rpm
x86_64: rh-nginx110-nginx-1.10.2-8.el7.1.x86_64.rpm rh-nginx110-nginx-debuginfo-1.10.2-8.el7.1.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3653-01
Product: Red Hat Software Collections
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3653
Issue date: 2018-11-26

Topic

An update for rh-nginx110-nginx is now available for Red Hat SoftwareCollections.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Red Hat memory issue Denial of Service nginx Important

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.6) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1644508 - CVE-2018-16845 nginx: Denial of service and memory disclosure via mp4 module

1644511 - CVE-2018-16843 nginx: Excessive memory consumption via flaw in HTTP/2 implementation

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