RHEL 7 : http-parser (RHSA-2019:2258)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 127700

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for http-parser.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2258 advisory.

- nodejs: HTTP parser allowed for spaces inside Content-Length header values (CVE-2018-7159)

- nodejs: Denial of Service with large HTTP headers (CVE-2018-12121)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL http-parser package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:2258.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 127700

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2258.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7159

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:http-parser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:http-parser-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-12121, CVE-2018-7159

CWE: 20, 400

RHSA: 2019:2258

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