Medium severity · published May 29, 2024
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…
5.3
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
39; 40 · source: NVD
NO
Nginx Open Source · F5
1.25.0 before 1.26.1 · source: NVD
NP
Nginx Plus · F5
r30; r30; r30; r31; r31 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-34161
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34161
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/05/30/4
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MLAOKJWDALQZBIV3WKGPJ6T5Z56D3PRD/
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7RPLWC35WHEUFCGKNFG62ESNID25TEZ/
Vendor Advisory
https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000139627
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