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HTTP/2 client CVE-2023-39325

High
etungsten published GHSA-48vh-q3rp-4grw Nov 13, 2023

Package

ecs-agent (bottlerocket)

Affected versions

< 1.17.0

Patched versions

1.17.0
kubernetes-1.23 (bottlerocket)
<1.16.1
1.16.1
kubernetes-1.24 (bottlerocket)
<1.16.1
1.16.1
kubernetes-1.25 (bottlerocket)
<1.16.1
1.16.1
kubernetes-1.26 (bottlerocket)
<1.16.1
1.16.1
kubernetes-1.27 (bottlerocket)
<1.16.1
1.16.1
kubernetes-1.28 (bottlerocket)
<1.16.1
1.16.1

Description

A flaw was found in handling multiplexed streams in the HTTP/2 protocol. A client can repeatedly make a request for a new multiplex stream and immediately send an RST_STREAM frame to cancel it. This creates extra work for the server setting up and tearing down the streams while not hitting any server-side limit for the maximum number of active streams per connection, resulting in a denial of service due to server resource consumption.

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2023-39325

Weaknesses

No CWEs