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CVE-2023-45802 MEDIUM

Published: 2023-10-23 | Last Modified: 2025-08-25 | Status: Analyzed

Description

When a HTTP/2 stream was reset (RST frame) by a client, there was a time window were the request's memory resources were not reclaimed immediately. Instead, de-allocation was deferred to connection close. A client could send new requests and resets, keeping the connection busy and open and causing the memory footprint to keep on growing. On connection close, all resources were reclaimed, but the process might run out of memory before that. This was found by the reporter during testing of CVE-2023-44487 (HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Exploit) with their own test client. During "normal" HTTP/2 use, the probability to hit this bug is very low. The kept memory would not become noticeable before the connection closes or times out. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.58, which fixes the issue.

Additional Descriptions (1)

Cuando un cliente restablecía una secuencia HTTP/2 (trama RST), había una ventana de tiempo en la que los recursos de memoria de la solicitud no se recuperaban inmediatamente. En cambio, la desasignación se aplazó hasta el cierre de la conexión. Un cliente podría enviar nuevas solicitudes y reinicios, manteniendo la conexión ocupada y abierta y provocando que la huella de memoria siga creciendo. Al cerrar la conexión, se recuperaron todos los recursos, pero el proceso podría quedarse sin memoria antes de eso. El periodista descubrió esto durante la prueba de CVE-2023-44487 (HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Exploit) con su propio cliente de prueba. Durante el uso "normal" de HTTP/2, la probabilidad de encontrar este error es muy baja. La memoria guardada no se notará antes de que la conexión se cierre o se agote el tiempo de espera. Se recomienda a los usuarios actualizar a la versión 2.4.58, que soluciona el problema.

CVSS Metrics

Base Score: 5.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityHIGH
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
Confidentiality ImpactNONE
Integrity ImpactNONE
Availability ImpactHIGH

Source: [email protected]

Type: Primary

Exploitability Score: 2.2

Impact Score: 3.6

Weaknesses

Source Type Description
[email protected] Secondary
en CWE-404
[email protected] Primary
en CWE-404

Affected Products

Vendor Product Version Update Type
apache http_server * <built-in method update of dict object at 0x72a9b0b39c80> Application
fedoraproject fedora 37 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x72a9b0b3b200> Operating System
fedoraproject fedora 38 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x72a9cc427b80> Operating System
fedoraproject fedora 39 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x72a9cd06e900> Operating System
debian debian_linux 10.0 <built-in method update of dict object at 0x72a9b0b3b6c0> Operating System

Affected Configurations

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Yes cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Operator: OR

Vulnerable CPE
Yes cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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