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openSUSE 15 Security Update : libhtp (openSUSE-SU-2024:0150-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200104

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2024:0150-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-23837: excessive processing time of HTTP headers can lead to denial of service (boo#1220403)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 libhtp-devel and / or libhtp2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1220403

http://www.nessus.org/u?673330f0

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-23837

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200104

File Name: openSUSE-2024-0150-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2024

Updated: 6/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-23837

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhtp-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhtp2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/4/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-23837