Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-11763 |
CWE-ID | CWE-399 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Apache HTTP Server Server applications / Web servers |
Vendor | Apache Foundation |
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU14913
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11763
CWE-ID:
CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect handling of large SETTINGS frames in HTTP/2 connections. A remote attacker can repeatedly send large SETTINGS frames within an established HTTP/2 connection and consume all available threads and CPU time.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationUpdate to version 2.4.35.
Apache HTTP Server: 2.4.17 - 2.4.34
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
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Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?