CVE-2016-6346 Affecting libwebsockets package, versions <0:2.4.2-2.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.96% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBWEBSOCKETS-5404002
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed1 Sept 2016

Introduced: 1 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-6346  (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-2019:1222.

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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