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Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') Affecting apache/httpd package, versions [,2.4.59)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (10th percentile)
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHEHTTPD-6564974
  • published 5 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 3 Apr 2024
  • credit Bartek Nowotarski
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Introduced: 3 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-27316 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-400 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/httpd to version 2.4.59 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') due to insufficient limitations on the amount of CONTINUATION frames that can be sent within a single stream. An attacker can use up compute or memory resources to cause a disruption in service by sending packets to vulnerable servers.