Upstream information

CVE-2024-23837 at MITRE

Description

LibHTP is a security-aware parser for the HTTP protocol. Crafted traffic can cause excessive processing time of HTTP headers, leading to denial of service. This issue is addressed in 0.5.46.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub) National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1220403 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5
  • libhtp-devel >= 0.5.42-bp155.2.3.1
  • libhtp2 >= 0.5.42-bp155.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-150
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6
  • libhtp-devel >= 0.5.42-bp156.3.3.1
  • libhtp2 >= 0.5.42-bp156.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-150
openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • libhtp-devel >= 0.5.42-bp155.2.3.1
  • libhtp2 >= 0.5.42-bp155.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-150
openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • libhtp-devel >= 0.5.42-bp156.3.3.1
  • libhtp2 >= 0.5.42-bp156.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-150
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libhtp-devel >= 0.5.46-1.1
  • libhtp2 >= 0.5.46-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-13706

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6 libhtp Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5 libhtp Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Feb 23 00:41:09 2024
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 17:32:49 2025