Red Hat update for http-parser

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU16168

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12121

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker can send many requests with the maximum size HTTP header of nearly 80kb/connection in combination with carefully handled completion of those headers, trigger memory corruption and cause the Node.js HTTP server to abort.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64: 8.0

External links

http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3497

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.