Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting httpd-devel package, versions <0:2.4.37-62.0.1.module+el8.9.0+90011+2f9c6a23


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-HTTPDDEVEL-6612975
  • published14 Apr 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 Oracle:8 httpd-devel to version 0:2.4.37-62.0.1.module+el8.9.0+90011+2f9c6a23 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-1786.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream httpd-devel package and not the httpd-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 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.

CVSS Scores

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