CVE-2024-24814

Denial of service when manipulating mod_auth_openidc_session_chunks cookie in mod_auth_openidc

Published Feb 13, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Certified™ authentication and authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that implements the OpenID Connect Relying Party functionality. In affected versions missing input validation on mod_auth_openidc_session_chunks cookie value makes the server vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) attack. An internal security audit has been conducted and the reviewers found that if they manipulated the value of the mod_auth_openidc_session_chunks cookie to a very large integer, like 99999999, the server struggles with the request for a long time and finally gets back with a 500 error. Making a few requests of this kind caused our server to become unresponsive. Attackers can craft requests that would make the server work very hard (and possibly become unresponsive) and/or crash with minimal effort. This issue has been addressed in version 2.4.15.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3751-1 libapache2-mod-auth-openidc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-22186 mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Certified™ authentication and authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that implements the OpenID Connect Relying Party functionality. In affected versions missing input validation on mod_auth_openidc_session_chunks cookie value makes the server vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) attack. An internal security audit has been conducted and the reviewers found that if they manipulated the value of the mod_auth_openidc_session_chunks cookie to a very large integer, like 99999999, the server struggles with the request for a long time and finally gets back with a 500 error. Making a few requests of this kind caused our server to become unresponsive. Attackers can craft requests that would make the server work very hard (and possibly become unresponsive) and/or crash with minimal effort. This issue has been addressed in version 2.4.15.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Debian
Debian debian Linux
Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject fedora
Openidc
Openidc mod Auth Openidc
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openidc:mod_auth_openidc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Debian
Debian debian Linux
Fedoraproject
Fedoraproject fedora
Openidc
Openidc mod Auth Openidc
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 10, 2025, 7:00 PM
Reserved
Jan 31, 2024, 4:28 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 13, 2024, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:14 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 13, 2024, 12:00 AM