CVE-2016-1546

MEDIUM

Description

The Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 and 2.4.18, when mod_http2 is enabled, does not limit the number of simultaneous stream workers for a single HTTP/2 connection, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stream-processing outage) via modified flow-control windows.

References

http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1733727

http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2016-3090566.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92331

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1161

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-02

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180601-0001/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-07-06

Updated: 2018-06-03

Type: CWE-399

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 2.2

Severity: MEDIUM