CVE-2023-43622

CVE-2023-43622: Apache HTTP Server: DoS in HTTP/2 with initial windows size 0

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache HTTP Server
Weakness CWE-400
Published October 23, 2023
Last update February 13, 2025

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What the vulnerability does

Description

An attacker, opening a HTTP/2 connection with an initial window size of 0, was able to block handling of that connection indefinitely in Apache HTTP Server. This could be used to exhaust worker resources in the server, similar to the well known "slow loris" attack pattern. This has been fixed in version 2.4.58, so that such connection are terminated properly after the configured connection timeout. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.55 through 2.4.57. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.58, which fixes the issue.

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Disclosure timeline

October 23, 2023 CVE published
February 13, 2025 Record updated