Rocky Linux 9 : nghttp2 (RLSA-2023:5838)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183793

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2023:5838 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.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:5838

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242803

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183793

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-5838.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 10/24/2023

Updated: 2/9/2024

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:rocky:linux:nghttp2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libnghttp2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nghttp2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:nghttp2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libnghttp2-devel, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:libnghttp2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44487