vulnerability
IBM HTTP Server: CVE-2019-9517: mod_http2, DoS attack by exhausting h2 workers.
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Aug 13, 2019 | Nov 5, 2019 | Nov 22, 2019 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 13, 2019
Added
Nov 5, 2019
Modified
Nov 22, 2019
Description
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.
Solution
ibm-http_server-apply-fix-pack-9_0_5_1
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