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HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack - DDoS vector in the HTTP/2 protocol due RST frames

Moderate
normanmaurer published GHSA-xpw8-rcwv-8f8p Oct 10, 2023

Package

maven io.netty:netty-codec-http2 (Maven)

Affected versions

< 4.1.100.Final

Patched versions

4.1.100.Final

Description

A client might overload the server by issue frequent RST frames. This can cause a massive amount of load on the remote system and so cause a DDOS attack.

Impact

This is a DDOS attack, any http2 server is affected and so you should update as soon as possible.

Patches

This is patched in version 4.1.100.Final.

Workarounds

A user can limit the amount of RST frames that are accepted per connection over a timeframe manually using either an own Http2FrameListener implementation or an ChannelInboundHandler implementation (depending which http2 API is used).

References

Severity

Moderate
5.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE ID

CVE-2023-44487

Weaknesses