Memory Leak in NGINX Plus Due to Undisclosed QUIC Packets
CVE-2024-34161

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

F5
Status
Nginx Open Source
Nginx Plus
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 May 2024

What is CVE-2024-34161?

When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module and the network infrastructure supports a Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) of 4096 or greater without fragmentation, undisclosed QUIC packets can cause NGINX worker processes to leak previously freed memory.

Affected Version(s)

NGINX Open Source 1.25.0 < 1.26.1

NGINX Plus R30

References

https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000139627
vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/4

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

F5
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