CVE-2021-31618

NULL pointer dereference on specially crafted HTTP/2 request

Published Jun 15, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 52.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Apache HTTP Server protocol handler for the HTTP/2 protocol checks received request headers against the size limitations as configured for the server and used for the HTTP/1 protocol as well. On violation of these restrictions and HTTP response is sent to the client with a status code indicating why the request was rejected. This rejection response was not fully initialised in the HTTP/2 protocol handler if the offending header was the very first one received or appeared in a a footer. This led to a NULL pointer dereference on initialised memory, crashing reliably the child process. Since such a triggering HTTP/2 request is easy to craft and submit, this can be exploited to DoS the server. This issue affected mod_http2 1.15.17 and Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.47 only. Apache HTTP Server 2.4.47 was never released.

Remediation

Vendor Workaround

On unpatched servers, the `h2` protocol can be disabled by removing it from the `Protocols` configuration. If the `h2` protocol is not enabled, the server is not affected by this vulnerability.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2706-1 apache2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4937-1 apache2 security update
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