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Medium ALSA-2024:4756 1 CVE

Moderate: libuv security update

Published Jul 23, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O.

Security Fix(es):

* libuv: Improper Domain Lookup that potentially leads to SSRF attacks (CVE-2024-24806)

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 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 libuv 1:1.42.0-2.el9_4
AlmaLinux · 9 libuv-devel 1:1.42.0-2.el9_4

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.3
    CVE-2024-24806

    Improper Domain Lookup that potentially leads to SSRF attacks in libuv

    libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. The `uv_getaddrinfo` function in `src/unix/getaddrinfo.c` (and its windows counterpart `src/win/getaddrinfo.c`), truncates hostnames to 256 characters before calling `getaddrinfo`. Th…

    libuv libuv nodejs cmake Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-24806
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2263292
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-4756.html