MGASA-2020-0256 - Updated nghttp2 packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 10 Jun 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0256.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-11080

nghttp2 has been updated to version 1.41.0 to fix CVE-2020-11080.

The overly large HTTP/2 SETTINGS frame payload causes denial of service.

The proof of concept attack involves a malicious client constructing a
SETTINGS frame with a length of 14,400 bytes (2400 individual settings
entries) over and over again. The attack causes the CPU to spike at 100%.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26725
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11080

SRPMS:
- 7/core/nghttp2-1.41.0-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0256: nghttp2 security update

nghttp2 has been updated to version 1.41.0 to fix CVE-2020-11080

Summary

nghttp2 has been updated to version 1.41.0 to fix CVE-2020-11080.
The overly large HTTP/2 SETTINGS frame payload causes denial of service.
The proof of concept attack involves a malicious client constructing a SETTINGS frame with a length of 14,400 bytes (2400 individual settings entries) over and over again. The attack causes the CPU to spike at 100%.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26725

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-11080

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0256 - Updated nghttp2 packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/nghttp2-1.41.0-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 10 Jun 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0256.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-11080

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