Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting apache2 package, versions <2.4.59-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-APACHE2-7008174
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed4 Apr 2024

Introduced: 4 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-27316  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 apache2 to version 2.4.59-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apache2 package and not the apache2 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

HTTP/2 incoming headers exceeding the limit are temporarily buffered in nghttp2 in order to generate an informative HTTP 413 response. If a client does not stop sending headers, this leads to memory exhaustion.

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