918416 – www-servers/varnish: http/2 rapid reset vulnerability

Bug 918416 - www-servers/varnish: http/2 rapid reset vulnerability

Summary: www-servers/varnish: http/2 rapid reset vulnerability

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	https://github.com/varnishcache/varni...
Whiteboard:	B3 [ebuild]
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Reported:	2023-11-24 18:52 UTC by John Helmert III
Modified:	2023-11-24 18:52 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description John Helmert III archtester

2023-11-24 18:52:14 UTC

Alias:
CVE-2023-44487:

The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023.

According to https://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00013.html#vsv00013,
fixed in 6.0.12, 7.3.1, and 7.4.2.