Fedora EPEL 7 update for nghttp2



Published: 2024-04-04
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-28182
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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nghttp2
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Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU88144

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28182

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to reading the unbounded number of HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 7

nghttp2: before 1.33.0-1.3.el7

CPE2.3 External links

http://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2024-866ac60917


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.



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