CVE-2023-32731

Public on 2023-06-09
Modified on 2024-02-12
Description
When gRPC HTTP2 stack raised a header size exceeded error, it skipped parsing the rest of the HPACK frame. This caused any HPACK table mutations to also be skipped, resulting in a desynchronization of HPACK tables between sender and receiver. If leveraged, say, between a proxy and a backend, this could lead to requests from the proxy being interpreted as containing headers from different proxy clients - leading to an information leak that can be used for privilege escalation or data exfiltration. We recommend upgrading beyond the commit contained inĀ  https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33005 https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/33005
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.4
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 grpc 2023-08-03 ALAS2023-2023-282 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N