CVE-2019-9516

Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a header leak, potentially leading to a denial of service

Description

Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a header leak, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker sends a stream of headers with a 0-length header name and 0-length header value, optionally Huffman encoded into 1-byte or greater headers. Some implementations allocate memory for these headers and keep the allocation alive until the session dies. This can consume excess memory.

Categories

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.21% Top 20%
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References

Link Tags
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/605641/ third party advisory us government resource
https://github.com/Netflix/security-bulletins/blob/master/advisories/third-party/2019-002.md third party advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/24 third party advisory mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4099-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/16 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_33 third party advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K02591030 third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TAZZEVTCN2B4WT6AIBJ7XGYJMBTORJU5/ vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/40 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4505 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190823-0002/ third party advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190823-0005/ third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CMNFX5MNYRWWIMO4BTKYQCGUDMHO3AXP/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ZQGHE3WTYLYAYJEIDJVF2FIGQTAYPMC/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BP556LEG3WENHZI5TAQ6ZEBFTJB4E2IS/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XHTKU7YQ5EEP2XNSAV4M4VJ7QCBOJMOD/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/POPAEC4FWL4UU4LDEGPY5NPALU24FFQD/ vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00035.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00032.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00031.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10296 third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2745 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2746 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2775 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2799 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2925 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2939 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2946 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2950 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2955 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2966 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00014.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K02591030?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3933 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3935 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H472D5HPXN6RRXCNFML3BK5OYC52CXF2/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-9516?
CVE-2019-9516 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-9516?
To fix CVE-2019-9516, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-9516 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-9516 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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