SB2020081032 - Resource management error in apache2 (Alpine package) 

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SB2020081032 - Resource management error in apache2 (Alpine package)

Published: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020081032
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-11993)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application while processing HTTP/2 requests with enabled trace/debug for HTTP/2 connections. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP/2 requests to Apache HTTP Server and force it to make logging statements on wrong connection for certain traffic edge patterns. This results in concurrent use of memory pools for separate connections and triggers denial of service condition.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References