CVE-2023-6193

Unbounded queuing of path validation messages in cloudflare-quiche

Published Dec 12, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
quiche v. 0.15.0 through 0.19.0 was discovered to be vulnerable to unbounded queuing of path validation messages, which could lead to excessive resource consumption.
QUIC path validation (RFC 9000 Section 8.2) requires that the recipient of a PATH_CHALLENGE frame responds by sending a PATH_RESPONSE. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability by sending PATH_CHALLENGE frames and manipulating the connection (e.g. by restricting the peer's congestion window size) so that PATH_RESPONSE frames can only be sent at the slower rate than they are received; leading to storage of path validation data in an unbounded queue.
Quiche versions greater than 0.19.0 address this problem.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-3306 quiche v. 0.15.0 through 0.19.0 was discovered to be vulnerable to unbounded queuing of path validation messages, which could lead to excessive resource consumption. QUIC path validation (RFC 9000 Section 8.2) requires that the recipient of a PATH_CHALLENGE frame responds by sending a PATH_RESPONSE. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the vulnerability by sending PATH_CHALLENGE frames and manipulating the connection (e.g. by restricting the peer's congestion window size) so that PATH_RESPONSE frames can only be sent at the slower rate than they are received; leading to storage of path validation data in an unbounded queue. Quiche versions greater than 0.19.0 address this problem.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-w3vp-jw9m-f9pm Unbounded queuing of path validation messages in cloudflare-quiche
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
cloudflare
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 8:21 AM
Reserved
Nov 17, 2023, 2:39 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 12, 2023, 2:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 6:50 AM