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Low · 3.7 CVE-2024-45403 EUVD-2024-41461

H2O assertion failure when HTTP/3 requests are cancelled

Published Oct 11, 2024 · Updated Oct 11, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. When h2o is configured as a reverse proxy and HTTP/3 requests are cancelled by the client, h2o might crash due to an assertion failure. The crash can be exploited by an attacker to mount a Denial-of-Service attack. By default, the h2o standalone server automatically restarts, minimizing the impact. However, HTTP requests that were served concurrently will still be disrupted. The vulnerability has been addressed in commit 1ed32b2. Users may disable the use of HTTP/3 to mitigate the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
h2o h2o >= 16b13eee8ad7895b4fe3fcbcabee53bd52782562, < 1ed32b23f999acf0c5029f09c8525f93eb1d354c —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS h2o No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS h2o No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS h2o No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS h2o No fix yet —

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