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CVE-2018-1333: Apache HTTP Server HTTP/2 DoS


From: Mark Cox <mjc () apache org>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:01:20 +0100

CVE-2018-1333: DoS for HTTP/2 connections by crafted requests

Severity: Low

Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
httpd 2.4.18-2.4.33

Description:
By specially crafting HTTP/2 requests, workers would be
allocated 60 seconds longer than necessary, leading to
worker exhaustion and a denial of service.

Mitigation:
All httpd users should upgrade to 2.4.34 or later.

Credit:
The issue was discovered by Craig Young of Tripwire VERT.

References:
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#CVE-2018-1333

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