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DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45802

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-45802 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM

When a HTTP/2 stream was reset (RST frame) by a client, there was a time window were the request's memory resources were not reclaimed immediately. Instead, de-allocation was deferred to connection close. A client could send new requests and resets, keeping the connection busy and open and causing the memory footprint to keep on growing. On connection close, all resources were reclaimed, but the process might run out of memory before that. This was found by the reporter during testing of CVE-2023-44487 (HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Exploit) with their own test client. During "normal" HTTP/2 use, the probability to hit this bug is very low. The kept memory would not become noticeable before the connection closes or times out. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.58, which fixes the issue.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13apache20, 0, 0
Debian:12apache20, 2.4.57-2, 2.4.57-3
Debian:14apache20, 0, 0
Debian:11apache20, 2.4.48-4, 2.4.49-1~bpo10+1

Timeline

  • Oct 23, 2023 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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