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io.netty:netty-codec-http2 vulnerable to HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 10, 2023 in netty/netty • Updated Nov 6, 2023

Package

maven io.netty:netty-codec-http2 (Maven)

Affected versions

< 4.1.100.Final

Patched versions

4.1.100.Final

Description

A client might overload the server by issue frequent RST frames. This can cause a massive amount of load on the remote system and so cause a DDOS attack.

Impact

This is a DDOS attack, any http2 server is affected and so you should update as soon as possible.

Patches

This is patched in version 4.1.100.Final.

Workarounds

A user can limit the amount of RST frames that are accepted per connection over a timeframe manually using either an own Http2FrameListener implementation or an ChannelInboundHandler implementation (depending which http2 API is used).

References

References

@normanmaurer normanmaurer published to netty/netty Oct 10, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 10, 2023
Reviewed Oct 10, 2023
Last updated Nov 6, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-xpw8-rcwv-8f8p

Source code

Credits

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