Improper Certificate Validation Affecting libwebsockets package, versions <0:2.4.2-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBWEBSOCKETS-4412656
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed14 Jan 2016

Introduced: 14 Jan 2016

CVE-2017-17718  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libwebsockets to version 0:2.4.2-2.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1454.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libwebsockets package and not the libwebsockets package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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