Resource management error in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2023-45802

 

Resource management error in Apache HTTP Server - CVE-2023-45802

Published: October 19, 2023 / Updated: December 16, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82245
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-2023-45802
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 improper management of internal resources within the server when handling HTTP/2 requests. A remote attacker can send multiple requests to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Apache HTTP Server
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Enterprise Storage
IBM i
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
Slackware Linux
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
Basesystem Module
Server Applications Module
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
SecurityCenter
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA)
IBM Rational Build Forge
EasyApache
IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC)
HP-UX
Maximo Application Suite - IoT Component
CloudBoost Virtual Appliance
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-pkcs11 (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-chil (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-apr-util (Red Hat package)
mod_http2
jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 (Red Hat package)
mod_md
mod_http2 (Red Hat package)
apache2 (Ubuntu package)
jbcs-httpd24-mod_md (Red Hat package)
mod_proxy_html
httpd-tools
httpd-devel
httpd
mod_ldap
mod_session
mod_ssl
httpd-filesystem
httpd-manual
httpd-debugsource
httpd-debuginfo
httpd-help
apache2-tls13-debuginfo
apache2
apache2-example-pages
apache2-worker-debuginfo
apache2-debugsource
apache2-tls13
apache2-tls13-example-pages
apache2-tls13-utils
apache2-tls13-prefork-debuginfo
apache2-doc
apache2-tls13-doc
apache2-prefork-debuginfo
apache2-prefork
apache2-utils
apache2-debuginfo
apache2-tls13-worker-debuginfo
apache2-utils-debuginfo
apache2-tls13-worker
apache2-tls13-utils-debuginfo
apache2-tls13-prefork
apache2-tls13-debugsource
apache2-worker
apache2-devel
apache2-event-debuginfo
apache2-event
jbcs-httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package)
httpd-doc
mod_lua
httpd-core
httpd24
apache2 (Debian package)
jbcs-httpd24-mod_security (Red Hat package)
jbcs-httpd24-curl (Red Hat package)
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management
JBoss Core Services
Citrix License Server

How to mitigate CVE-2023-45802

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache HTTP Server - update to 2.4.58
SecurityCenter - addressed in versions SC-202312.1, 6.2.1
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA) - update to 7.5.0 UP9 IF02
IBM Rational Build Forge - update to 8.0.0.26
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-pkcs11 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 0.4.10-34.el7jbcs, 0.4.10-34.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-openssl-chil (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.0.0-19.el7jbcs, 1.0.0-19.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-mod_proxy_cluster (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.3.19-7.el7jbcs, 1.3.19-7.el8jbcs
jbcs-httpd24-apr-util (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.1-103.el7jbcs, 1.6.1-103.el8jbcs
mod_http2 - update to 1.15.7-10
jbcs-httpd24-mod_http2 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.15.19-32.el7jbcs, 1.15.19-32.el8jbcs
mod_md - update to 2.0.8-8
mod_http2 - addressed in versions 2.0.25-1.fc37, 2.0.25-1.fc38, 2.0.25-1.fc39
mod_http2 (Red Hat package) - update to 2.0.26-1.el9
IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management - update to 2.3 FP11
apache2 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.4.7-1ubuntu4.22+esm12, 2.4.18-2ubuntu3.17+esm17, 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.27+esm7, 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.27+esm8, 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.15, 2.4.41-4ubuntu3.23+esm3, 2.4.52-1ubuntu4.7, 2.4.55-1ubuntu2.1, 2.4.57-2ubuntu2.1
jbcs-httpd24-mod_md (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.4.24-2.el7jbcs, 2.4.24-2.el8jbcs
mod_proxy_html - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
httpd-tools - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
httpd-devel - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
httpd - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
mod_ldap - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
mod_session - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
mod_ssl - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
httpd-filesystem - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
httpd-manual - addressed in versions 2.4.37-64.0.1, 2.4.58-1
mod_md - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
mod_ldap - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
mod_proxy_html - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd-tools - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
mod_ssl - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
mod_session - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd-devel - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd-help - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd-filesystem - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
httpd - addressed in versions 2.4.43-23, 2.4.51-19, 2.4.51-20
apache2-tls13-debuginfo - update to 2.4.51-35.66.1
apache2 - addressed in versions 2.4.51-35.66.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.76.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-example-pages - addressed in versions 2.4.51-35.66.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-worker-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.51-35.66.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.76.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-debugsource - addressed in versions 2.4.51-35.66.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.76.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-tls13 - update to 2.4.51-35.66.1
apache2-tls13-example-pages - update to 2.4.51-35.66.1
apache2-tls13-utils - update to 2.4.51-35.66.1
apache2-tls13-prefork-debuginfo - update to 2.4.51-35.66.1
apache2-doc - addressed in versions 2.4.51-35.66.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.76.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-tls13-doc - update to 2.4.51-35.66.1
apache2-prefork-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.51-35.66.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.76.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-prefork - addressed in versions 2.4.51-35.66.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.76.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-utils - addressed in versions 2.4.51-35.66.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.76.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.51-35.66.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.76.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-tls13-worker-debuginfo - update to 2.4.51-35.66.1
apache2-utils-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.51-35.66.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.76.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-tls13-worker - update to 2.4.51-35.66.1
apache2-tls13-utils-debuginfo - update to 2.4.51-35.66.1
apache2-tls13-prefork - update to 2.4.51-35.66.1
apache2-tls13-debugsource - update to 2.4.51-35.66.1
apache2-worker - addressed in versions 2.4.51-35.66.1, 2.4.51-150200.3.76.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-devel - addressed in versions 2.4.51-150200.3.76.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-event-debuginfo - addressed in versions 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
apache2-event - addressed in versions 2.4.51-150400.6.40.1, 2.4.51-150400.6.43.1, 2.4.66-150400.6.57.1
JBoss Core Services - update to 2.4.57 SP2
jbcs-httpd24-httpd (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.4.57-7.el7jbcs, 2.4.57-7.el8jbcs
httpd - update to 2.4.58
httpd-doc - update to 2.4.58-1
mod_lua - update to 2.4.58-1
httpd-core - update to 2.4.58-1
httpd - update to 2.4.58-1
httpd24 - update to 2.4.58-1.101
apache2 (Debian package) - addressed in versions 2.4.59-1~deb11u1, 2.4.59-1~deb12u1
jbcs-httpd24-mod_security (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.9.3-32.el7jbcs, 2.9.3-32.el8jbcs
EasyApache - update to 4 2023-10-25
jbcs-httpd24-curl (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 8.4.0-2.el7jbcs, 8.4.0-2.el8jbcs
Maximo Application Suite - IoT Component - addressed in versions 8.7.20, 8.8.16, 9.0.6
IBM Power Hardware Management Console (HMC) - addressed in versions 10.1.1020.0 SP3, 10.2.1040.0 SP3, 10.3.1060.0 SP1
Citrix License Server - update to 11.17.2.0 45000
CloudBoost Virtual Appliance - update to 19.12.0.1

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