CVE-2019-9517

Public on 2019-08-13
Modified on 2019-10-30
Description
A vulnerability was found in HTTP/2. An attacker can open a HTTP/2 window so the peer can send without constraint. The TCP window remains closed so the peer cannot write the bytes on the wire. The attacker then sends a stream of requests for a large response object. Depending on how the server's queue is setup, the responses can consume excess memory, CPU, or both, potentially leading to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 httpd24 2019-10-18 ALAS-2019-1311 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core mod_http2 2019-10-28 ALAS2-2019-1342 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C