Severity
6.5MEDIUM
EPSS
2.2%
top 15.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 13
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a header leak, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker sends a stream of headers with a 0-length header name and 0-length header value, optionally Huffman encoded into 1-byte or greater headers. Some implementations allocate memory for these headers and keep the allocation alive until the session dies. This can consume excess memory.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages14 packages

NVDf5/nginx1.9.51.16.1+1
NVDnodejs/node.js8.0.08.16.1+2
NVDmcafee/web_gateway7.7.2.07.7.2.24+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0, Fedora 29, 30, 32, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, Enterprise Linux 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-6gw7-c226-vg73: Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a header leak, potentially leading to a denial of service2022-05-24
CVEList
Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a header leak, potentially leading to a denial of service2019-08-13
OSV
CVE-2019-9516: Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a header leak, potentially leading to a denial of service2019-08-13

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
nginx vulnerabilities2019-08-15
Red Hat
HTTP/2: 0-length headers lead to denial of service2019-08-13
Microsoft
Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a header leak potentially leading to a denial of service2019-08-13
Apple
CVE-2019-9516: SwiftNIO HTTP/2 1.5.02019-08-13
Debian
CVE-2019-9516: nginx - Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a header leak, potentially leading...2019

💬Community

10
Bugzilla
EPEL7 nginx package contains multiple CVEs2019-09-10
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9516 undertow: HTTP/2: 0-length headers lead to denial of service [fedora-all]2019-09-03
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9516 nginx: HTTP/2: 0-length headers lead to denial of service [epel-all]2019-08-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9516 nodejs: HTTP/2: 0-length headers lead to denial of service [epel-all]2019-08-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9511 CVE-2019-9516 CVE-2019-9517 mod_http2: various flaws [fedora-all]2019-08-16