High severity · published Jun 15, 2021
CVE-2021-31618
Apache HTTP Server protocol handler for the HTTP/2 protocol checks received request headers against the size limitations as configured for the server and used for the HTTP/1…
7.5
CVSS
51.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Apache HTTP Server protocol handler for the HTTP/2 protocol checks received request headers against the size limitations as configured for the server and used for the HTTP/1 protocol as well. On violation of these restrictions and HTTP response is sent to the client with a status code indicating why the request was rejected. This rejection response was not fully initialised in the HTTP/2 protocol handler if the offending header was the very first one received or appeared in a a footer. This led to a NULL pointer dereference on initialised memory, crashing reliably the child process. Since such a triggering HTTP/2 request is easy to craft and submit, this can be exploited to DoS the server. This issue affected mod_http2 1.15.17 and Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.47 only. Apache HTTP Server 2.4.47 was never released.
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)51.5% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HS
HTTP Server · Apache
1.15.17; 2.4.47 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
EM
Enterprise Manager Ops Center · Oracle
12.4.0.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33; 34 · source: NVD
IE
Instantis Enterprisetrack · Oracle
17.1; 17.2; 17.3 · source: NVD
ZS
Zfs Storage Appliance Kit · Oracle
8.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-31618
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-31618
Release Notes
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/9
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/13/2
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r14b66ef0f4f569fd515a3f96cd4eb58bd9a8ff525cc326bb0359664f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r783b6558abf3305b17ea462bed4bd66d82866438999bf38cef6d11d1%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html
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