CVE-2019-9517
What it is
Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to unconstrained interal data buffering, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker opens the HTTP/2 window so the peer can send without constraint; however, they leave the TCP window closed so the peer cannot actually write (many of) the bytes on the wire. The attacker then sends a stream of requests for a large response object. Depending on how the servers queue the responses, this can consume excess memory, CPU, or both.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. High risk of service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 27.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 27.0% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.5 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 27.0% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-400 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Apple Swiftnio ≤ 1.4.0
- Apache Http Server < 2.4.40
- Apache Traffic Server ≤ 6.2.3
- Apache Traffic Server ≤ 7.1.6
- Apache Traffic Server ≤ 8.0.3
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00032.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/15/7
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2893
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2925
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2939
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2946
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2949
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2950
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2955
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3933
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3935
- https://github.com/Netflix/security-bulletins/blob/master/advisories/third-party/2019-002.md
- https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/605641/
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10296
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4610762456644181b267c846423b3a990bd4aaea1886ecc7d51febdb%40%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d89f999e26dfb1d50f247ead1fe8538014eb412b2dbe5be4b1a9ef50%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ec97fdfc1a859266e56fef084353a34e0a0b08901b3c1aa317a43c8c%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03ee478b3dda3e381fd6189366fa7af97c980d2f602846eef935277d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r06f0d87ebb6d59ed8379633f36f72f5b1f79cadfda72ede0830b42cf%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3c5c3104813c1c5508b55564b66546933079250a46ce50eee90b2e36%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r76142b8c5119df2178be7c2dba88fde552eedeec37ea993dfce68d1d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E