Input validation error in h2o - CVE-2017-10868

 

Input validation error in h2o - CVE-2017-10868

Published: December 22, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32066
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10868
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: h2o.examp1e.net
Affected software:
h2o

Detailed vulnerability description

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

H2O version 2.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service in the server via specially crafted HTTP/1 header.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-10868

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources