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openSUSE Security Update : libmicrohttpd (openSUSE-2017-728)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 101130

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libmicrohttpd fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2013-7038: The MHD_http_unescape function in libmicrohttpd might have allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors that trigger an out-of-bounds read. (bsc#854443)

 - CVE-2013-7039: Stack-based buffer overflow in the MHD_digest_auth_check function in libmicrohttpd, when MHD_OPTION_CONNECTION_MEMORY_LIMIT is set to a large value, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long URI in an authentication header. (bsc#854443)

 - Fixed various bugs found during a 2017 audit, which are more hardening measures and not security issues.
 (bsc#1041216)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libmicrohttpd packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1041216

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=854443

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 101130

File Name: openSUSE-2017-728.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/30/2017

Updated: 12/15/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.04

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-7038

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmicrohttpd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmicrohttpd-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmicrohttpd10, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmicrohttpd10-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmicrospdy-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmicrospdy0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmicrospdy0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:microspdy2http, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:microspdy2http-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7038, CVE-2013-7039