CVE-2022-29379 Denial of service in n/a

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

A stack overflow in Nginx NJS could cause a denial of service, though the issue is disputed as affecting only unreleased development code.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-29379?

CVE-2022-29379 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Nginx NJS v0.7.3 was discovered to contain a stack overflow in the function njs_default_module_loader at /src/njs/src/njs_module.c. NOTE: multiple third parties dispute this report, e.g., the behavior is only found in unreleased development code that was not part of the 0.7.2, 0.7.3, or 0.7.4 release

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29379?

It affects 1 product.

Products include F5 Njs.

How do I fix CVE-2022-29379?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-29379 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-29379 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29379 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v3rv-628p-7xrq.

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