Multiple vulnerabilities in nginx

Published: 2022-10-19

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2022-41741 CVE-2022-41742
CWE-ID	CWE-125
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	nginx Server applications / Web servers
Vendor	NGINX

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU68494

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41741

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the ngx_http_mp4_module module when handling MP4 files. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the server, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or perform a denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

nginx: 1.0.7 - 1.23.1

External links

http://mailman.nginx.org/archives/list/nginx-announce@nginx.org/message/RBRRON6PYBJJM2XIAPQBFBVLR4Q6IHRA/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU68495