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Vigil@nce - nginx: denial of service via proxy_request_buffering
September 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can request nginx with HTTP version 2, in order to
trigger a denial of service.
Impacted products: nginx.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 06/07/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The nginx product is a web server.
However, when a client uses HTTP version 2 and
proxy_request_buffering option is enabled, it raises a fatal error.
An attacker can request nginx with HTTP version 2, in order to
trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/nginx-denial-of-service-via-proxy-request-buffering-20030
