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CVE-2024-34161

NGINX HTTP/3 QUIC vulnerability

Published: May 29, 2024Updated: Jan 24, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-416
NVD MITRE
5.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 46.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected Products

NGINX PlusNGINX Inc.Networking Infrastructure
nginxNGINX Inc.Networking Infrastructure
AngieООО "Веб-Сервер"
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
Angie PROООО "Веб-Сервер"
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
NGINX Open SourceF5
On-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
nginx inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka nginx, nginx plus, njs
ооо "веб-сервер"commercialRUNetworking Infrastructureaka angie, angie pro, angie adc
f5commercialUSNetworking Infrastructure
and 4 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://nginx.org/en/security_advisories.html
nginx.org
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000139627
my.f5.com
https://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2024/GMY32CSHFH6VFTN76HJNX7WNEX4RLHF6.html
mailman.nginx.org
and 7 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
May 29, 2024
Last Updated
Jan 24, 2025

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