CVE-2023-45802
Publication date 23 October 2023
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| apache2 | 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 2.4.58-1ubuntu1
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.7
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.15
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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Notes
mdeslaur
backporting this to jammy and earlier will likely require backporting the whole 2.0.10 version of the http/2 module as it refactors how connections and streams are handled: https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/9767274b884a110e9244f59f50bd31ff1cae2933
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.9 · Medium
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| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-6506-1
- Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities
- 22 November 2023