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CVE-2023-50247

3.7 · LOW
Published Dec 12, 2023 dena CWE-770 EPSS 0.86% (56th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2023-50247 is a low-severity vulnerability affecting dena h2o. It was published on December 12, 2023 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 3.7 (LOW).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 3.7, rated LOW. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical Description

h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. The QUIC stack (quicly), as used by H2O up to commit 43f86e5 (in version 2.3.0-beta and prior), is susceptible to a state exhaustion attack. When H2O is serving HTTP/3, a remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to progressively increase the memory retained by the QUIC stack. This can eventually cause H2O to abort due to memory exhaustion. The vulnerability has been resolved in commit d67e81d03be12a9d53dc8271af6530f40164cd35. HTTP/1 and HTTP/2 are not affected by this vulnerability as they do not use QUIC. Administrators looking to mitigate this issue without upgrading can disable HTTP/3 support.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from dena. Update h2o to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
dena h2o 0 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2023-50247?

CVE-2023-50247 is a low-severity vulnerability affecting dena h2o. It was published on December 12, 2023 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 3.7 (LOW).

How severe is CVE-2023-50247?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 3.7, rated LOW. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2023-50247?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from dena. Update h2o to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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