High severity · published Oct 22, 2019
CVE-2019-10079
Apache Traffic Server is vulnerable to HTTP/2 setting flood attacks
7.5
CVSS
4.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Apache Traffic Server is vulnerable to HTTP/2 setting flood attacks. Earlier versions of Apache Traffic Server didn't limit the number of setting frames sent from the client using the HTTP/2 protocol. Users should upgrade to Apache Traffic Server 7.1.7, 8.0.4, or later versions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.6% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TS
Traffic Server · Apache
before 7.1.7; 8.0.0 before 8.0.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10079
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10079
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/392108390cef48af647a2e47b7fd5380e050e35ae8d1aa2030254c04%40%3Cusers.trafficserver.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad3d01e767199c1aed8033bb6b3f5bf98c011c7c536f07a5d34b3c19%40%3Cannounce.trafficserver.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bde52309316ae798186d783a5e29f4ad1527f61c9219a289d0eee0a7%40%3Cdev.trafficserver.apache.org%3E
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