CentOS 7 : http-parser (CESA-2019:2258)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 129016

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for http-parser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The http-parser package provides a utility for parsing HTTP messages.
It parses both requests and responses. The parser is designed to be used in performance HTTP applications. It does not make any system calls or allocations, it does not buffer data, and it can be interrupted at any time. Depending on your architecture, it only requires about 40 bytes of data per message stream.

Security Fix(es) :

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

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

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected http-parser packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 129016

File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-2258.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 9/19/2019

Updated: 12/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:http-parser-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:http-parser

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2018

Reference Information

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

RHSA: 2019:2258

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