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CVE-2023-45288: net/http, x/net/http2: close connections when receiving too many headers

April 4, 2024 (updated April 17, 2024)

An attacker may cause an HTTP/2 endpoint to read arbitrary amounts of header data by sending an excessive number of CONTINUATION frames. Maintaining HPACK state requires parsing and processing all HEADERS and CONTINUATION frames on a connection. When a request’s headers exceed MaxHeaderBytes, no memory is allocated to store the excess headers, but they are still parsed. This permits an attacker to cause an HTTP/2 endpoint to read arbitrary amounts of header data, all associated with a request which is going to be rejected. These headers can include Huffman-encoded data which is significantly more expensive for the receiver to decode than for an attacker to send. The fix sets a limit on the amount of excess header frames we will process before closing a connection.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-4v7x-pqxf-cx7m
  • go.dev/cl/576155
  • go.dev/issue/65051
  • groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/YgW0sx8mN3M
  • nowotarski.info/http2-continuation-flood-technical-details
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45288
  • pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2687

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.23.0

Fixed versions

  • 0.23.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.23.0 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

go/golang.org/x/net/CVE-2023-45288.yml

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