CVE-2024-27316
HIGH7.5EPSS 87.6%Apache HTTP Server: HTTP/2 DoS by memory exhaustion on endless continuation frames
Published: 4/4/2024Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
HTTP/2 incoming headers exceeding the limit are temporarily buffered in nghttp2 in order to generate an informative HTTP 413 response. If a client does not stop sending headers, this leads to memory exhaustion.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/apache2from 0, < 2.4.59-r0
- Bitnami/apache>= 2.4.17, < 2.4.59
- Debian/apache2from 0, < 2.4.59-1~deb11u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (15)
- ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-27316
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-27316
- WEBhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18
- WEBhttps://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
- WEBhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/05/msg00013.html
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FO73U3SLBYFGIW2YKXOK7RI4D6DJSZ2B/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MIUBKSCJGPJ6M2U63V6BKFDF725ODLG7/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QKKDVFWBKIHCC3WXNH3W75WWY4NW42OB/
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-27316
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240415-0013/
- WEBhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119
- WEBhttps://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421644
- WEBhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/03/16
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/03/16
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/04/4