Bug 2139153 (CVE-2022-3638)

Summary: CVE-2022-3638 nginx: memory leak in IPv4 Off Handler
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Marian Rehak <mrehak>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: adudiak, bcoca, brking, davidn, epacific, haoli, hhorak, hkataria, jajackso, jcammara, jhardy, jmitchel, jneedle, jobarker, jorton, kegrant, koliveir, kshier, luhliari, mabashia, omaciel, pbraun, shvarugh, simaishi, smcdonal, stcannon, teagle, tfister, thavo, yguenane, zsadeh
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Bug Depends On: 2139154, 2139155, 2139394, 2139395, 2139396, 2139398    
Bug Blocks: 2137141    

Description Marian Rehak 2022-11-01 16:14:23 UTC
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.

Comment 1 Marian Rehak 2022-11-01 16:14:45 UTC
Created nginx tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2139154]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 2139155]