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AlmaLinux 8 : nginx:1.22 (ALSA-2023:5713)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183217

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:5713 advisory.

 - The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-5713.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183217

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-5713.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 10/17/2023

Updated: 5/10/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nginx-mod-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nginx-mod-http-image-filter, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nginx-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nginx-mod-stream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nginx-mod-http-perl, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nginx-mod-mail, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nginx-all-modules, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:nginx, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44487

CWE: 400

IAVB: 2023-B-0083-S