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HistoryOct 23, 2023 - 6:50 a.m.

CVE-2023-43622 Apache HTTP Server: DoS in HTTP/2 with initial windows size 0

2023-10-2306:50:51
CWE-400
apache
github.com
1
cve-2023-43622; apache http server; dos attack; http/2; initial window size 0; connection timeout; version 2.4.58; server resource exhaustion; slow loris attack; upgrade recommended

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

SSVC

Exploitation

poc

Automatable

yes

Technical Impact

partial

An attacker, opening a HTTP/2 connection with an initial window size of 0, was able to block handling of that connection indefinitely in Apache HTTP Server. This could be used to exhaust worker resources in the server, similar to the well known “slow loris” attack pattern.
This has been fixed in version 2.4.58, so that such connection are terminated properly after the configured connection timeout.

This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.55 through 2.4.57.

Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.58, which fixes the issue.