Missing Authorization Affecting libwebsockets package, versions <0:2.4.2-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.94% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBWEBSOCKETS-5387398
  • published1 Apr 2023
  • disclosed8 Mar 2017

Introduced: 8 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-2662  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (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-2021:1313.

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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