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Apache HTTP Server: HTTP/2 DoS by memory exhaustion on endless continuation frames

Apache HTTP Server · CVE-2024-27316
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What is it?

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.

Evidence

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Exploitation

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CVSS
7.5
EPSS
91.3%
First seen
7 h ago
Status
corroborated

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