Input validation error in Apache Traffic Server - CVE-2024-50305

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Input validation error in Apache Traffic Server - CVE-2024-50305

Published: November 14, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU100502
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50305
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling the HTTP Host header. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Apache Traffic Server
Debian Linux
Fedora
openEuler
Ubuntu
trafficserver (Ubuntu package)
trafficserver-perl
trafficserver-devel
trafficserver-debugsource
trafficserver-debuginfo
trafficserver
trafficserver (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2024-50305

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache Traffic Server - addressed in versions 9.2.6, 10.0.2
trafficserver (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 9.1.1+ds-2ubuntu0.1, 9.2.3+ds-1+deb12u1ubuntu0.1, 9.2.5+ds-1ubuntu2.1
trafficserver-perl - addressed in versions 9.1.4-5, 9.2.5-2
trafficserver-devel - addressed in versions 9.1.4-5, 9.2.5-2
trafficserver-debugsource - addressed in versions 9.1.4-5, 9.2.5-2
trafficserver-debuginfo - addressed in versions 9.1.4-5, 9.2.5-2
trafficserver - addressed in versions 9.1.4-5, 9.2.5-2
trafficserver (Debian package) - update to 9.2.5+ds-0+deb12u2
trafficserver - addressed in versions 9.2.6-2.el8, 9.2.6-2.el9, 9.2.6-2.fc39, 9.2.6-2.fc40, 9.2.6-2.fc41

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