CVE-2018-16845

NameCVE-2018-16845
Descriptionnginx before versions 1.15.6, 1.14.1 has a vulnerability in the ngx_http_mp4_module, which might allow an attacker to cause infinite loop in a worker process, cause a worker process crash, or might result in worker process memory disclosure by using a specially crafted mp4 file. The issue only affects nginx if it is built with the ngx_http_mp4_module (the module is not built by default) and the .mp4. directive is used in the configuration file. Further, the attack is only possible if an attacker is able to trigger processing of a specially crafted mp4 file with the ngx_http_mp4_module.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1572-1, DSA-4335-1
Debian Bugs913090

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
nginx (PTS)buster1.14.2-2+deb10u4fixed
buster (security)1.14.2-2+deb10u5fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.18.0-6.1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm1.22.1-9fixed
sid, trixie1.24.0-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nginxsourcejessie1.6.2-5+deb8u6DLA-1572-1
nginxsourcestretch1.10.3-1+deb9u2DSA-4335-1
nginxsource(unstable)1.14.1-1913090

Notes

http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000221.html
https://nginx.org/download/patch.2018.mp4.txt
http://hg.nginx.org/nginx/rev/fdc19a3289c1
Fixed in 1.15.6, 1.14.1.

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