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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-1000168: Improper Input Validation

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-1000168: Improper Input Validation

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/08/2018
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

Description

nghttp2 version >= 1.10.0 and nghttp2 <= v1.31.0 contains an Improper Input Validation CWE-20 vulnerability in ALTSVC frame handling that can result in segmentation fault leading to denial of service. This attack appears to be exploitable via network client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in >= 1.31.1.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-nodejs

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