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Gentoo Linux Advisory GLSA 202408-10: nghttp2 Denial Of Service Risk

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Calendar Grey August 7, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202408-11 provides critical updates concerning vulnerabilities in the curl library, highlighting potential risks for remote code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in nghttp2, the worst of which could lead to a denial of service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in nghttp2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo software update normal severity nghttp2

Resolution

All nghttp2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/nghttp2-1.61.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-44487 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44487 [ 2 ] CVE-2024-28182 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28182

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-10
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: nghttp2: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: August 07, 2024
Bugs: #915554, #928541
ID: 202408-10

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo software update normal severity nghttp2

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in nghttp2, the worst of which could lead to a denial of service.

Background

Nghttp2 is an implementation of HTTP/2 and its header compression algorithm HPACK in C.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ---------------- ------------ ------------ net-libs/nghttp2 < 1.61.0 >= 1.61.0

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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