Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') Affecting apache/trafficserver package, versions [8.0.0,8.1.9) [9.0.0,9.2.3)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-APACHETRAFFICSERVER-6564976
  • published 5 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 3 Apr 2024
  • credit Bartek Nowotarski

How to fix?

Upgrade apache/trafficserver to version 8.1.9, 9.2.3 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.