#VU88883 Resource exhaustion in quic-go - CVE-2024-22189

Vulnerability identifier: #VU88883

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [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-2024-22189

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
quic-go
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: quic-go

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing a large number of NEW_CONNECTION_ID frames that retire old connection IDs. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

quic-go: 0.4, 0.5.0, 0.6.0, 0.7.0, 0.8.0, 0.9.0, 0.10.0 - 0.10.2, 0.11.0 - 0.11.2, 0.12.0 - 0.12.1, 0.13.0 - 0.13.1, 0.14.0 - 0.14.4, 0.15.0 - 0.15.8, 0.16.0 - 0.16.2, 0.17.0 - 0.17.3, 0.18.0 - 0.18.1, 0.19.0 - 0.19.3, 0.20.0 - 0.20.1, 0.21 - 0.21.2, 0.22.0 - 0.22.1, 0.23.0, 0.24.0, 0.25.0, 0.26.0, 0.27.0 - 0.27.2, 0.28.0 - 0.28.1, 0.29.0 - 0.29.2, 0.30.0, 0.31.0 - 0.31.1, 0.32.0, 0.33.0 - 0.33.1, 0.34.0, 0.35.0 - 0.35.1, 0.36.0 - 0.36.4, 0.37.0 - 0.37.7, 0.38.0 - 0.38.2, 0.39.0 - 0.39.4, 0.40.0 - 0.40.1, 0.41.0

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External links
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/security/advisories/GHSA-c33x-xqrf-c478
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/4a99b816ae3ab03ae5449d15aac45147c85ed47a
https://seemann.io/posts/2024-03-19-exploiting-quics-connection-id-management
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqXtYcZAtIA&t=3683s

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.