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High ALSA-2019:2799 3 CVEs

Important: nginx:1.14 security update

Published Sep 17, 2019 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Nginx is a web server and a reverse proxy server for HTTP, SMTP, POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3) and IMAP protocols, with a focus on high concurrency, performance and low memory usage.

Security Fix(es):

* HTTP/2: large amount of data request leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-9511)

* HTTP/2: flood using PRIORITY frames resulting in excessive resource consumption (CVE-2019-9513)

* HTTP/2: 0-length headers leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-9516)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.5.0+34+dc1cfba5.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.3.0+2165+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.4.0+2221+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-all-modules 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.3.0+2165+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-filesystem 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.3.0+2165+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-http-image-filter 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.4.0+2221+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-http-image-filter 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.5.0+34+dc1cfba5.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-http-image-filter 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.3.0+2165+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-http-perl 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.4.0+2221+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-http-perl 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.5.0+34+dc1cfba5.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-http-perl 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.3.0+2165+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.4.0+2221+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.3.0+2165+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.5.0+34+dc1cfba5.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-mail 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.4.0+2221+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-mail 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.3.0+2165+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-mail 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.5.0+34+dc1cfba5.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-stream 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.3.0+2165+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-stream 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.4.0+2221+af250afe.alma
AlmaLinux · 8 nginx-mod-stream 1:1.14.1-9.module_el8.5.0+34+dc1cfba5.alma

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2019-9511 Public exploit EPSS 60%

    Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to window size manipulation and stream prioritization manipulation, potentially leading to a denial of service

    Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to window size manipulation and stream prioritization manipulation, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker requests a large amount of data from a specified resource over multiple streams. They manip…

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2019-9513 Public exploit EPSS 82%

    Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to resource loops, potentially leading to a denial of service

    Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to resource loops, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker creates multiple request streams and continually shuffles the priority of the streams in a way that causes substantial churn to the priority…

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2019-9516 EPSS 57%

    Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a header leak, potentially leading to a denial of service

    Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a header leak, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker sends a stream of headers with a 0-length header name and 0-length header value, optionally Huffman encoded into 1-byte or greater headers. S…

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-9511
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-9513
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-9516