RHSA-2019:2692 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: nghttp2 security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · September 10, 2019
Updated · October 12, 2026
Topic
An update for nghttp2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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
libnghttp2 is a library implementing the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 (HTTP/2) protocol in C.
Security Fix(es):
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HTTP/2: large amount of data request leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-9511)
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HTTP/2: flood using PRIORITY frames resulting in excessive resource consumption (CVE-2019-9513)
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.