GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-4v7x-pqxf-cx7m net/http, x/net/http2: close connections when receiving too many headers
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- Aliases
- CVE-2023-45288
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- net/http, golang.org/x/net/http2, golang.org/x/net
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-400
- Reviewed
- 2024-04-04
Affected packages
• Go net/http: < 1.21.9 → fixed in 1.21.9
• Go golang.org/x/net/http2: < 0.23.0 → fixed in 0.23.0
• Go net/http: >= 1.22.0-0, < 1.22.2 → fixed in 1.22.2
• Go golang.org/x/net: < 0.23.0 → fixed in 0.23.0
Description
An attacker may cause an HTTP/2 endpoint to read arbitrary amounts of header data by sending an excessive number of CONTINUATION frames. Maintaining HPACK state requires parsing and processing all HEADERS and CONTINUATION frames on a connection. When a request's headers exceed MaxHeaderBytes, no memory is allocated to store the excess headers, but they are still parsed. This permits an attacker to cause an HTTP/2 endpoint to read arbitrary amounts of header data, all associated with a request which is going to be rejected. These headers can include Huffman-encoded data which is significantly more expensive for the receiver to decode than for an attacker to send. The fix sets a limit on the amount of excess header frames we will process before closing a connection.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2023-45288 An attacker may cause an HTTP/2 endpoint to read arbitrary amounts of header data by sending an excessive number of CONTINUATION frames. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45288 advisory
- https://go.dev/cl/576155 web
- https://go.dev/issue/65051 web
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/YgW0sx8mN3M web
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/QRYFHIQ6XRKRYBI2F5UESH67BJBQXUPT web
- https://nowotarski.info/http2-continuation-flood-technical-details web
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2687 web
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240419-0009 web
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421644 web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/03/16 web
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/05/4 web