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High ELSA-2020-2755 1 CVE

Important: nghttp2 security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Jul 6, 2020 · Updated Jul 6, 2020

Summary

[1.33.0-3.el8_2.1]
- prevent DoS caused by overly large SETTINGS frames (CVE-2020-11080)

[1.33.0-3]
- rebuild to trigger gating (#1681044)

[1.33.0-2]
- backport security fixes from nghttp2-1.39.2 (CVE-2019-9511 and CVE-2019-9513)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 libnghttp2 0:1.33.0-3.el8_2.1
Oracle Linux · 8 libnghttp2-devel 0:1.33.0-3.el8_2.1
Oracle Linux · 8 nghttp2 0:1.33.0-3.el8_2.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Low 3.7

    Denial of service in nghttp2

    In nghttp2 before version 1.41.0, the overly large HTTP/2 SETTINGS frame payload causes denial of service. The proof of concept attack involves a malicious client constructing a SETTINGS frame with a length of 14,400 bytes (2400 individual settings entries) o…