Bug 1204615 – VUL-0: CVE-2022-3638: nginx: memory leak for the "ipv4=off" case

Bug 1204615 - (CVE-2022-3638) VUL-0: CVE-2022-3638: nginx: memory leak for the "ipv4=off" case

(CVE-2022-3638)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2022-3638: nginx: memory leak for the "ipv4=off" case

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P5 - None Severity: Normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Felix Schnizlein
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/345993/
Whiteboard:
Keywords:

Depends on:
Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Create test case

Clone This Bug

Reported:	2022-10-24 07:30 UTC by Thomas Leroy
Modified:	2022-10-24 07:31 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:
Found By:	Security Response Team
Services Priority:
Business Priority:
Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---
IT Deployment:	---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.

Description Thomas Leroy 2022-10-24 07:30:15 UTC

CVE-2022-3638

A vulnerability was found in Nginx and classified as problematic. This issue
affects some unknown processing of the file ngx_resolver.c of the component IPv4
Off Handler. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack may be initiated
remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier
VDB-211937 was assigned to this vulnerability.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2022-3638
https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/14341ce2377d38a268261e0fec65b6915ae6e95e
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3638
https://vuldb.com/?id.211937
http://hg.nginx.org/nginx/rev/0422365794f7

Comment 1 Thomas Leroy 2022-10-24 07:31:18 UTC

The commit introducing the leak is very recent and not shipped in our codestreams. Not affected, closing