Nginx 1.25.x < 1.26.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 114423

Synopsis

Nginx 1.25.x < 1.26.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Description

According to its Server response header, the installed version of nginx is 1.25.x prior to 1.26.1. It is, therefore, affected by four security issues were identified in nginx HTTP/3 implementation, which might allow an attacker that uses a specially crafted QUIC session to cause a worker process crash (CVE-2024-31079, CVE-2024-32760, CVE-2024-35200), worker process memory disclosure on systems with MTU larger than 4096 bytes (CVE-2024-34161), or might have potential other impact (CVE-2024-31079, CVE-2024-32760).

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to nginx version 1.26.1 or later.

See Also

https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2024/GMY32CSHFH6VFTN76HJNX7WNEX4RLHF6.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 114423

Type: remote

Published: 9/6/2024

Updated: 9/6/2024

Scan Template: api, basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-31079

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-32760

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-31079, CVE-2024-32760, CVE-2024-34161, CVE-2024-35200