Resource exhaustion in nghttp2 nghttp2

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU30377

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1544

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to perform service disruption.

nghttp2 before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

nghttp2: 1.7.0

External links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177308.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177666.html
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308461
http://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1
http://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/tag/v1.7.1
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-13

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.