Oracle Linux 7 : http-parser (ELSA-2019-2258)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180827

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-2258 advisory.

- Related: rhbz#1666024 - CVE-2018-7159 http-parser: nodejs: HTTP parser allowed for spaces inside Content-Length header values [rhel-7]
- Resolves: rhbz#1666024 - CVE-2018-7159 http-parser: nodejs: HTTP parser allowed for spaces inside Content-Length header values [rhel-7]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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 affected http-parser and / or http-parser-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180827

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-2258.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:oracle:linux:http-parser-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:http-parser

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2018

Reference Information

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

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