SB2018032932 - Fedora 28 update for mod_http2
Published: March 29, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018032932
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1302)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper destruction of an HTTP/2 stream after being handled. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP/2 stream, write a NULL pointer value to an already freed memory space and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.