cve-2024-28182
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-04-04 14:41
Modified
2025-02-13 17:47
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
Reading unbounded number of HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames to cause excessive CPU usage
References
security-advisories@github.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/03/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/commit/00201ecd8f982da3b67d4f6868af72a1b03b14e0Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/commit/d71a4668c6bead55805d18810d633fbb98315af9Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/security/advisories/GHSA-x6x3-gv8h-m57qVendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00026.htmlMailing List
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AGOME6ZXJG7664IPQNVE3DL67E3YP3HY/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J6ZMXUGB66VAXDW5J6QSTHM5ET25FGSA/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXJO2EASHM2OQQLGVDY5ZSO7UVDVHTDK/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/03/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/commit/00201ecd8f982da3b67d4f6868af72a1b03b14e0Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/commit/d71a4668c6bead55805d18810d633fbb98315af9Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/security/advisories/GHSA-x6x3-gv8h-m57qVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00026.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00041.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AGOME6ZXJG7664IPQNVE3DL67E3YP3HY/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J6ZMXUGB66VAXDW5J6QSTHM5ET25FGSA/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXJO2EASHM2OQQLGVDY5ZSO7UVDVHTDK/Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
nghttp2nghttp2
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