Resource Exhaustion Affecting httpd:2.4/httpd-manual package, versions <0:2.4.37-12.module+el8.0.0+4096+eb40e6da


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.25% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-HTTPD-3472308
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Aug 2019

Introduced: 13 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-9517  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 httpd:2.4/httpd-manual to version 0:2.4.37-12.module+el8.0.0+4096+eb40e6da or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2893.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream httpd:2.4/httpd-manual package and not the httpd:2.4/httpd-manual package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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