Description
A potential denial-of-service issue in the Proxygen handling of invalid HTTP2 settings which can cause the server to spend disproportionate resources. This affects all supported versions of HHVM (3.24.3 and 3.21.7 and below) when using the proxygen server to handle HTTP2 requests.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HHVM | 3.24.4, 3.22.0 – < unspecified, 3.21.8, unspecified – < 3.21.8 | unspecified |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | hhvm | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | hhvm | No fix yet | — |