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CVE-2023-43622
published 2023-10-23

CVE-2023-43622: An attacker, opening a HTTP/2 connection with an initial window size of 0, was able to block handling of that connection indefinitely in Apache HTTP Server…

PriorityP261high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
70.59%
99.3th percentile
An attacker, opening a HTTP/2 connection with an initial window size of 0, was able to block handling of that connection indefinitely in Apache HTTP Server. This could be used to exhaust worker resources in the server, similar to the well known "slow loris" attack pattern. This has been fixed in version 2.4.58, so that such connection are terminated properly after the configured connection timeout. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.55 through 2.4.57. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.58, which fixes the issue.

Affected

5 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
apachehttp_server>= 2.4.55 < 2.4.582.4.58
apache_software_foundationapache_http_server2.4.55 – 2.4.57
debianapache2< apache2 2.4.59-1~deb12u1 (bookworm)apache2 2.4.59-1~deb12u1 (bookworm)
msrcazl3_mod_http2_2.0.29-3_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrccbl2_httpd_2.4.58-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • Detect HTTP/2 connections established with an initial SETTINGS frame advertising a flow-control window size of 0, which is the attack primitive for this DoS
  • Monitor for worker/thread exhaustion on Apache httpd servers running mod_http2, consistent with a slow-loris-style resource exhaustion pattern via HTTP/2
  • This vulnerability is only exploitable when mod_http2 is loaded and an HTTP/2 server is configured; scope detection efforts to servers with mod_http2 active
  • ·Vulnerable version range is Apache HTTP Server 2.4.55 through 2.4.57 only; 2.4.58 and later are not affected
  • ·The mod_http2 module is enabled by default on RHEL 8 and 9 via the mod_http2 package, but no HTTP/2 server is configured by default — both conditions must be true for exposure

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_msrc7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
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