Description
Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a header leak, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker sends a stream of headers with a 0-length header name and 0-length header value, optionally Huffman encoded into 1-byte or greater headers. Some implementations allocate memory for these headers and keep the allocation alive until the session dies. This can consume excess memory.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
synology
commercial·USaka router manager, diskstation manager (dsm)
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА»
commercial·RU
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Fedora Project
oss-project·USaka fedora
and 15 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
Attack Graph
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MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique Impact
References
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9516
nvd.nist.gov
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9516
security-tracker.debian.org
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4099-1/
usn.ubuntu.com
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