Red Hat Security Advisory 2023-6746-01 - An update for nghttp2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Issues addressed include a denial of service vulnerability.
190d2bd0b87b3afb21888e0ce8933e7f97712559af410c7c5e299e5e31900470
The following data is constructed from data provided by Red Hat's json file at:
https://access.redhat.com/security/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_6746.json
Red Hat officially shut down their mailing list notifications October 10, 2023. Due to this, Packet Storm has recreated the below data as a reference point to raise awareness. It must be noted that due to an inability to easily track revision updates without crawling Red Hat's archive, these advisories are single notifications and we strongly suggest that you visit the Red Hat provided links to ensure you have the latest information available if the subject matter listed pertains to your environment.
- Packet Storm Staff
====================================================================
Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: nghttp2 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:6746-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6746
Issue date: 2023-11-07
Revision: 01
CVE Names: CVE-2023-44487
====================================================================
Summary:
An update for nghttp2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description:
libnghttp2 is a library implementing the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 (HTTP/2) protocol in C.
Security Fix(es):
* HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack) (CVE-2023-44487)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Solution:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
CVEs:
CVE-2023-44487
References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/RHSB-2023-003