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CVE-2023-6193: Unbounded queuing of path validation messages in cloudflare-quiche

December 13, 2023

quiche v. 0.15.0 through 0.19.0 was discovered to be vulnerable to unbounded queuing of path validation messages, which could lead to excessive resource consumption.

QUIC path validation (RFC 9000 Section 8.2) requires that the recipient of a PATH_CHALLENGE frame responds by sending a PATH_RESPONSE. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability by sending PATH_CHALLENGE frames and manipulating the connection (e.g. by restricting the peer’s congestion window size) so that PATH_RESPONSE frames can only be sent at the slower rate than they are received, leading to storage of path validation data in an unbounded queue.

References

  • datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9000
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-w3vp-jw9m-f9pm
  • github.com/cloudflare/quiche
  • github.com/cloudflare/quiche/commit/ea7ecf39ae28ab24cf1785c1674dc2e8a076f9ca
  • github.com/cloudflare/quiche/security/advisories/GHSA-w3vp-jw9m-f9pm
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6193

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 0.15.0 before 0.19.1

Fixed versions

  • 0.19.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.19.1 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

cargo/quiche/CVE-2023-6193.yml

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