Description
Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a flood of empty frames, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker sends a stream of frames with an empty payload and without the end-of-stream flag. These frames can be DATA, HEADERS, CONTINUATION and/or PUSH_PROMISE. The peer spends time processing each frame disproportionate to attack bandwidth. This can consume excess CPU.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
Microsoft Corp
commercial·USaka microsoft corporation
synology
commercial·USaka router manager, diskstation manager (dsm)
Apple Inc.
commercial·USaka apple, apple computer
apache
oss-project·USaka apache http server, apache httpd
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
Attack Graph
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MITRE ATT&CK
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References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00031.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00032.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/16
seclists.org
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