Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled certain memory operations in the ngx_http_mp4_module module. A local attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted mp4 file to cause nginx to crash, stop responding, or access arbitrary memory. (CVE-2022-41741, CVE-2022-41742) Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5722-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: nginx-extras - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm5 nginx-core - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm5 nginx-common - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm5 nginx-full - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm5 nginx - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm5 nginx-light - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm5 nginx-doc - 1.10.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm5 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2022-41741, CVE-2022-41742

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Operations Manager
  • 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.25
  • 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.16
  • 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.12
  • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.3

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Operations Manager
  • 2.7.25
  • 2.8.16
  • 2.9.12
  • 2.10.3

References

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-41741
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-41742
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5722-1

History

2022-12-08: Initial vulnerability report published.