Important: http-parser security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-15605   CVE-2019-15605   CVE-2019-15605  

Synopsis

Important: http-parser security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Topic

An update for http-parser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

The http-parser package provides a utility for parsing HTTP messages. It parses both requests and responses. The parser is designed to be used in performance HTTP applications. It does not make any system calls or allocations, it does not buffer data, and it can be interrupted at any time. Depending on your architecture, it only requires about 40 bytes of data per message stream.

Security Fix(es):

  • nodejs: HTTP request smuggling using malformed Transfer-Encoding header (CVE-2019-15605)

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.0 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1800364 - CVE-2019-15605 nodejs: HTTP request smuggling using malformed Transfer-Encoding header

CVEs

References