CVE-2019-9518

Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a flood of empty frames, potentially leading to a denial of service

Description

Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a flood of empty frames, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker sends a stream of frames with an empty payload and without the end-of-stream flag. These frames can be DATA, HEADERS, CONTINUATION and/or PUSH_PROMISE. The peer spends time processing each frame disproportionate to attack bandwidth. This can consume excess CPU.

Categories

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.67% Top 15%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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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
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/K46011592 third party advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2653c56545573b528f3f6352a29eccaf498bd6fb2a6a59568d81a61d%40%3Cannounce.trafficserver.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/091b518265bce56a16af87b77c8cfacda902a02079e866f9fdf13b61%40%3Cusers.trafficserver.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff5b0821a6985159a832ff6d1a4bd311ac07ecc7db1e2d8bab619107%40%3Cdev.trafficserver.apache.org%3E mailing list
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://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4520 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/18 third party advisory mailing list
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-2019:2925 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2939 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2955 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46011592?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3892 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4352 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0727 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r99a625fb17032646d96cd23dec49603ff630e9318e44a686d63046bc%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd31230d01fa6aad18bdadc0720acd1747e53690bd35f73a48e7a9b75%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-9518?
CVE-2019-9518 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-9518?
To fix CVE-2019-9518, 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-2019-9518 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-9518 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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