#VU87850 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in cURL - CVE-2024-2398

 

#VU87850 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in cURL - CVE-2024-2398

Published: March 27, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU87850
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-2398
CWE-ID: CWE-772
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
cURL
Software vendor:
curl.haxx.se

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to an error when sending HTTP/2 server push responses with an overly large number of headers. A remote attacker can send PUSH_PROMISE frames with an excessive amount of headers to the application, trigger memory leak and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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