RHEL 8 : nghttp2 (RHSA-2020:2850)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138170

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2850 advisory.

- nghttp2: overly large SETTINGS frames can lead to DoS (CVE-2020-11080)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected libnghttp2 package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11080

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2850

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1844929

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138170

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2850.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/7/2020

Updated: 5/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11080

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libnghttp2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11080

CWE: 770

RHSA: 2020:2850