RHSA-2023:5766 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: nghttp2 security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 8

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · October 17, 2023

Updated · November 4, 2026

Topic

An update for nghttp2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 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

nghttp2 contains the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 (HTTP/2) client, server, and proxy programs as well as a library implementing the HTTP/2 protocol in C.

Security Fix(es):

  • HTTP/2: Multiple HTTP/2 enabled web servers are vulnerable to a DDoS attack (Rapid Reset Attack) (CVE-2023-44487)

A Red Hat Security Bulletin which addresses further details about this flaw is available in the References section.

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.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2023:5766 — Red Hat Security Advisory: nghttp2 security update | PulseLinux