Buffer overflow in nostromo nhttpd - CVE-2019-16279
Published: November 1, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22454
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16279
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the missing header count functionality in the "http_header_comp()" function. A remote attacker can transmit more headers than accepted by nhttpd, trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service on the target system.
Affected software
nostromo nhttpd
How to mitigate CVE-2019-16279
Install updates from vendor's website.
nostromo nhttpd - update to 1.9.7