Rapid Reset Attack via HTTP/2 in Microsoft IIS



Published: 2023-10-10 | Updated: 2024-03-22
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-44487
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Vulnerability #1 is being exploited in the wild.
Vulnerable software
Subscribe 		Windows
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Windows Server
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Microsoft IIS
Server applications / Web servers

Vendor Microsoft

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU81728

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 5.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:H/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-44487

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improperly control of consumption for internal resources when handling HTTP/2 requests with compressed HEADERS frames. A remote attacker can send a sequence of compressed HEADERS frames followed by RST_STREAM frames and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack, a.k.a. "Rapid Reset".

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

Mitigation

Install updates from Microsoft website.

Vulnerable software versions

Windows: 10 - 11 22H2

Windows Server: 2016 - 2022 20H2

Microsoft IIS: 10.0

External links

http://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2023-44487


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

Yes. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.



###SIDEBAR###