Undisclosed Requests Can Cause NGINX Worker Processes to Terminate

CVE-2024-24990
7.5HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
F5
Status
Nginx Plus
Nginx Open Source
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 February 2024

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Summary

When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, undisclosed requests can cause NGINX worker processes to terminate. Note: The HTTP/3 QUIC module is not enabled by default and is considered experimental. For more information, refer to Support for QUIC and HTTP/3 https://nginx.org/en/docs/quic.html . Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are not evaluated

Affected Version(s)

NGINX Plus < R31

NGINX Plus < R30

NGINX Open Source < 1.25.4

News Articles

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NGINX Releases Urgent Patch for HTTP/3 Vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-24989, CVE-2024-24990)

NGINX has released an urgent patch to address 2 flaws (CVE-2024-24989, CVE-2024-24990) lurking within its experimental HTTP/3 implementation

9 months ago

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • First article discovered by securityonline.info

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database1 News Article(s)

Credit

F5
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