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FreeBSD: nghttp2 -- use after free (CVE-2015-8659)

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FreeBSD: nghttp2 -- use after free (CVE-2015-8659)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/12/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/01/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The idle stream handling in nghttp2 before 1.6.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, aka a heap-use-after-free bug.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-nghttp2

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