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HistoryJun 03, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2020-11080 Denial of service in nghttp2

2020-06-0300:00:00
CWE-707
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7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.012 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.4%

In nghttp2 before version 1.41.0, the overly large HTTP/2 SETTINGS frame payload causes denial of service. The proof of concept attack involves a malicious client constructing a SETTINGS frame with a length of 14,400 bytes (2400 individual settings entries) over and over again. The attack causes the CPU to spike at 100%. nghttp2 v1.41.0 fixes this vulnerability. There is a workaround to this vulnerability. Implement nghttp2_on_frame_recv_callback callback, and if received frame is SETTINGS frame and the number of settings entries are large (e.g., > 32), then drop the connection.