PT-2016-1246 · Nghttp2+1 · Nghttp2+1

Hanno Böck · Published 2015-12-23 · Updated 2019-03-08 · CVE-2015-8659

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions nghttp2 versions prior to 1.6.0

Description The issue is related to idle stream handling in nghttp2, which allows attackers to have an unspecified impact via unknown vectors. This is also known as a heap-use-after-free bug, which can lead to memory corruption. The exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For nghttp2 versions prior to 1.6.0, update to version 1.6.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-2170

BDU:2016-00507

CVE-2015-8659

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Nghttp2

References · 26

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8659 · Security Note
• https://support.apple.com/HT206168 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8659 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8659 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00507 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8659 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2015-2170 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206166 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8659 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175085.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nghttp2.org/blog/2015/12/23/nghttp2-v1-6-0 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/HT206169 · Vendor Advisory