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Medium ALSA-2024:3501 1 CVE

Moderate: nghttp2 security update

Published May 30, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

libnghttp2 is a library implementing the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 (HTTP/2) protocol in C.

Security Fix(es):

* nghttp2: CONTINUATION frames DoS (CVE-2024-28182)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 libnghttp2 1.43.0-5.el9_4.3
AlmaLinux · 9 libnghttp2-devel 1.43.0-5.el9_4.3
AlmaLinux · 9 nghttp2 1.43.0-5.el9_4.3

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2024-28182 EPSS 82%

    Reading unbounded number of HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames to cause excessive CPU usage

    nghttp2 is an implementation of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 in C. The nghttp2 library prior to version 1.61.0 keeps reading the unbounded number of HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames even after a stream is reset to keep HPACK context in sync. This cause…

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References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28182
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2268639
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-3501.html