nghttp2: Heap-use-after-free — GLSA 201612-06

Nghttp2 is vulnerable to a heap-use-after-free flaw in idle stream handling code.

Package	net-libs/nghttp2 on all architectures
Affected versions	< 1.6.0
Unaffected versions	>= 1.6.0

Nghttp2 is an implementation of HTTP/2 and its header compression algorithm HPACK in C.

A heap-use-after-free vulnerability has been discovered in nghttp2. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

The impact of the vulnerability is still unknown.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All nghttp2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/nghttp2-1.6.0"

Release date
December 04, 2016

Latest revision
December 04, 2016: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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