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Fedora 40 : llhttp / python-aiohttp (2024-2f15e6e876)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194560

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-2f15e6e876 advisory.

 Update `llhttp` to 9.2.1, fixing [CVE-2024-27982](https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/april-2024-security-releases/#http-request- smuggling-via-content-length-obfuscation---cve-2024-27982---medium).

 Backport `llhttp` 9.2.1 support to `python-aiohttp` 3.9.3.

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

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 llhttp and / or python-aiohttp packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-2f15e6e876

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194560

File Name: fedora_2024-2f15e6e876.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, continuous_assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-27982

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-aiohttp, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:llhttp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27982