Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in hyper - CVE-2022-31394
Published: April 16, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU75144
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-2022-31394
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: hyperium
Affected software:
hyper
hyper
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the library does not allow customization of the max_header_list_size method in the H2 third-party software. A remote attacker can send overly large requests to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-31394
Install updates from vendor's website.