USN-7814-1: LibHTP vulnerabilities

USN-7814-1: LibHTP vulnerabilities

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/rss.xml / Fri, 10/10/2025 - 02:43
It was discovered that LibHTP did not correctly handle certain HTTP headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-23837) It was discovered that LibHTP did not correctly parse certain HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-28871) It was discovered that LibHTP did not correctly parse certain HTTP requests. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-45797) It was discovered that LibHTP did not correctly handle certain memory operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-53537)

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