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HTTP/2 Rapid Reset

High
kazuho published GHSA-2m7v-gc89-fjqf Oct 10, 2023

Package

h2o (h2o)

Affected versions

commits up to cb9f500

Patched versions

commit 28fe151 or above

Description

Impact

H2O is vulnerable to the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset attack.

An attacker might be able to consume more than adequate amount of processing power of h2o and the backend servers by mounting the attack.

Patches

All commits up to cb9f500 are vulnerable.

The vulnerability is fixed by #3291. Users are advised to upgrade to commit 28fe151 or above that incorporates this pull request.

References

How it works: The novel HTTP/2 ‘Rapid Reset’ DDoS attack

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2023-44487

Weaknesses

No CWEs