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Fedora 42: Civetweb Critical DoS Issue FEDORA-2025-1056ea31ed
fedora
October 8, 2025
civetweb-1.16, rhbz#240016
Summary
Civetweb is an easy to use, powerful, C (C/C++) embeddable web server
with optional CGI, SSL and Lua support.
CivetWeb can be used by developers as a library, to add web server
functionality to an existing application. It can also be used by end
users as a stand-alone web server running on a Windows or Linux PC.
It is available as single executable, no installation is required.
Update Information:
civetweb-1.16, rhbz#240016
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Mon Sep 29 2025 Kaleb S. KEITHLEY
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2400166 - CVE-2025-9648 civetweb: Denial of Service in CivetWeb [fedora-42]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2400166
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-1056ea31ed' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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Name: civetweb
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 1.16
Release: 10.fc42
Summary: Embedded C/C++ web server
Topics Covered
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