Resource exhaustion in Apache Traffic Server

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU88113

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31309

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient limitations placed on the amount of CONTINUATION frames that can be sent within a single HTTP/2 stream. A remote attacker can send specially crafted HTTP/2 requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Apache Traffic Server: 8.0.0 - 9.2.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:apache_ats:8.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:apache_ats:8.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:apache_ats:9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:apache_ats:9.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:apache_foundation:apache_ats:9.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2269627
http://lists.apache.org/thread/0117x8x3fqvt1wnl4y8js5p27nrgo57o

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.