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CVE-2018-11763 Detail

Current Description

In Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 to 2.4.34, by sending continuous, large SETTINGS frames a client can occupy a connection, server thread and CPU time without any connection timeout coming to effect. This affects only HTTP/2 connections. A possible mitigation is to not enable the h2 protocol.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  09/25/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.9 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 2.2

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105414 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041713 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558 Third Party Advisory
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0004/
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03909en_us
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3783-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html Third Party Advisory

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-11763
NVD Published Date:
09/25/2018
NVD Last Modified:
02/07/2019