CVE-2024-45311: Denial of service in quinn-proto when using `Endpoint::retry()`
As of quinn-proto 0.11, it is possible for a server to accept()
, retry()
, refuse()
, or ignore()
an Incoming
connection. However, calling retry()
on an unvalidated connection exposes the server to a likely panic in the following situations:
- Calling
refuse
orignore
on the resulting validated connection, if a duplicate initial packet is received - This issue can go undetected until a server’s
refuse()
/ignore()
code path is exercised, such as to stop a denial of service attack. - Accepting when the initial packet for the resulting validated connection fails to decrypt or exhausts connection IDs, if a similar initial packet that successfully decrypts and doesn’t exhaust connection IDs is received.
- This issue can go undetected if clients are well-behaved.
The former situation was observed in a real application, while the latter is only theoretical.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-vr26-jcq5-fjj8
- github.com/quinn-rs/quinn
- github.com/quinn-rs/quinn/blob/bb02a12a8435a7732a1d762783eeacbb7e50418e/quinn-proto/src/endpoint.rs
- github.com/quinn-rs/quinn/commit/e01609ccd8738bd438d86fa7185a0f85598cb58f
- github.com/quinn-rs/quinn/security/advisories/GHSA-vr26-jcq5-fjj8
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45311
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