Vulnerability CVE-2015-8659

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-8659 (CCN-109624)

Assigned:

2015-12-23

Published:

2015-12-23

Updated:

2019-03-08

Summary:

The idle stream handling in nghttp2 before 1.6.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, aka a heap-use-after-free bug.

CVSS v3 Severity:

10.0 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

10.0 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-119

Vulnerability Consequences:

Other

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-8659

Source: APPLE
Type: UNKNOWN
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1

Source: APPLE
Type: UNKNOWN
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2

Source: APPLE
Type: UNKNOWN
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3

Source: APPLE
Type: UNKNOWN
APPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FEDORA-2016-54f85ec6e8

Source: FEDORA
Type: UNKNOWN
FEDORA-2016-8e13ac5754

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20151223 Re: Use after free in nghttp2

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20151223 Use after free in nghttp2

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1035353

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
nghttp2-cve20158659-unspec(109624)

Source: CCN
Type: Nghttp2 Web site
Nghttp2 v1.6.0

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://nghttp2.org/blog/2015/12/23/nghttp2-v1-6-0/

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-201612-06

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206166

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206167

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206168

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206169

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2015-8659

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 10.11.3)

Configuration 2:

cpe:/a:nghttp2:nghttp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.5.0)

OR cpe:/o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 9.2.1)

OR cpe:/o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 9.1)

OR cpe:/o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.1)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:nghttp2:nghttp2:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20158659000	V	CVE-2015-8659 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - medium.	2016-01-12
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20158659000	V	CVE-2015-8659 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-01-12
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201586590000000	V	CVE-2015-8659 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2016-01-12

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