CVE-2018-17189

MEDIUMMonitor

Published:Jan 30, 2019(7 years ago)

Modified:Nov 21, 2024

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

In Apache HTTP server versions 2.4.37 and prior, by sending request bodies in a slow loris way to plain resources, the h2 stream for that request unnecessarily occupied a server thread cleaning up that incoming data. This affects only HTTP/2 (mod_http2) connections.

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
apache	http_server	-	-
apache	http_server	-	-
apache	http_server	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Jan 30, 20197 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Nov 21, 20241 year ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106685Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3933Third Party Advisory

CVSS Score

v3.1

5.3/ 10.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

apache / http_server

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3935Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4126Third Party Advisory

https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlVendor Advisory

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2c...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r06f0d87ebb6d59ed8379633f36f72f5b...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r15f9aa4427581a1aecb4063f1b4b9835...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r76142b8c5119df2178be7c2dba88fde5...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e810260...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd2fb621142e7fa187cfe12d7137bf66e...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re473305a65b4db888e3556e4dae10c2a...

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f...

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/5Issue Tracking

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-21Third Party Advisory

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190125-0001/Third Party Advisory

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=...Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3937-1/Third Party Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4422Third Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlThird Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-507281...Third Party Advisory

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-507283...Third Party Advisory

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-09Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106685Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3933Third Party Advisory