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Fedora 38 : cachelib / fb303 / fbthrift / fizz / folly / mcrouter / mvfst / etc (2023-17efd3f2cd)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183759

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-17efd3f2cd advisory.

 - The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-17efd3f2cd

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183759

File Name: fedora_2023-17efd3f2cd.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/24/2023

Updated: 2/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cachelib, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:fb303, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:fbthrift, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:fizz, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:folly, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mcrouter, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mvfst, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:proxygen, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wangle, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:watchman, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wdt

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44487