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High USN-6666-1 1 CVE

libuv1 vulnerability

Published Feb 28, 2024 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that libuv incorrectly truncated certain hostnames. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue with specially crafted
hostnames to bypass certain checks.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS libuv1 1.34.2-1ubuntu1.5
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS libuv1 1.43.0-1ubuntu0.1

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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-24806