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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-1000168: Security patch for nghttp2 (ALAS-2018-1020)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-1000168: Security patch for nghttp2 (ALAS-2018-1020)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/08/2018
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

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)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libnghttp2
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libnghttp2-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-nghttp2
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-nghttp2-debuginfo

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