High severity · published Apr 27, 2020
CVE-2020-9481
Apache ATS 6.0.0 to 6.2.3, 7.0.0 to 7.1.9, and 8.0.0 to 8.0.6 is vulnerable to a HTTP/2 slow read attack
7.5
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Apache ATS 6.0.0 to 6.2.3, 7.0.0 to 7.1.9, and 8.0.0 to 8.0.6 is vulnerable to a HTTP/2 slow read attack.
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)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
TS
Traffic Server · Apache
6.0.0 through 6.2.3; 7.0.0 through 7.1.9; 8.0.0 through 8.0.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9481
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9481
Mailing List
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r21ddaf0a4a973f3c43c7ff399ae50d2f858f13f87bd6a9551c5cf6db%40%3Cannounce.trafficserver.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4672
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