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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2023-45802

Change History

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 10/14/2024 5:15:02 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CWE 

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
Apache Software Foundation CWE-404

								
								
					

					

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						CWE
						
							
							
								
							
								
Apache Software Foundation CWE-400

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								

								
								
					

					

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						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.


								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								
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.

								
								
					

					

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						Reference
						
							
							
								
							
								
Apache Software Foundation https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00013.html

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								

								
								
					

					

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						Reference
						
							
							
								
							
								
Apache Software Foundation https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2MBEPPC36UBVOZZNAXFHKLFGSLCMN5LI/

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								

								
								
					

					

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						Reference
						
							
							
								
							
								
Apache Software Foundation https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BFQD3KUEMFBHPAPBGLWQC34L4OWL5HAZ/

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								

								
								
					

					

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						Reference
						
							
							
								
							
								
Apache Software Foundation https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WE2I52RHNNU42PX6NZ2RBUHSFFJ2LVZX/

								
							
							
								
							
						
								
							
								

								
								
					

					

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						Reference
						
							
							
								
							
								
Apache Software Foundation https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231027-0011/