Resource management error in envoy - CVE-2024-45807

 

Resource management error in envoy - CVE-2024-45807

Published: September 20, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU97627
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-2024-45807
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 stream management when using Oghttp with the default HTTP/2 codec. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

envoy
Istio

How to mitigate CVE-2024-45807

Install updates from vendor's website.

envoy - update to 1.31.2
Istio - addressed in versions 1.22.5, 1.23.2

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