SUSE update for nghttp2

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

Update the affected package nghttp2 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP5

libnghttp2-14-32bit: before 1.39.2-3.18.1

libnghttp2-14-debuginfo-32bit: before 1.39.2-3.18.1

libnghttp2-14-debuginfo: before 1.39.2-3.18.1

nghttp2-debugsource: before 1.39.2-3.18.1

nghttp2-debuginfo: before 1.39.2-3.18.1

libnghttp2-14: before 1.39.2-3.18.1

libnghttp2-devel: before 1.39.2-3.18.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20241156-1/

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.