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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-34031
CVE-2022-34031:
Linux Alpine vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Nginx NJS version 0.7.5 was discovered to contain a segmentation violation vulnerability in the njsvaluetonumber function located at src/njsvalue_conversion.h. The vulnerability was identified and disclosed on June 1, 2022 (GitHub Issue).
Technical details
The vulnerability manifests as a segmentation fault (SEGV) when accessing an unknown memory address 0x000000000010, triggered by a READ memory access. The issue occurs specifically in the njsvaluetonumber function within the source file njsvalue_conversion.h. According to the crash report, the error is detected by AddressSanitizer with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.5 HIGH (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) (NVD).
Impact
The vulnerability can lead to a denial of service condition through application termination when the affected function is triggered. This affects the availability of systems running the vulnerable version of Nginx NJS (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability affects Nginx NJS version 0.7.5. Users should upgrade to a patched version of the software when available (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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