RHSA-2019:2799 — Security Advisory

An update for the nginx:1.14 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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.