A HTTP/2 implementation built using any version of the Python HPACK library between v1.0.0 and v2.2.0 could be targeted for a denial of service attack, specifically a so-called "HPACK Bomb" attack. This attack occurs when an attacker inserts a header field that is exactly the size of the HPACK dynamic header table into the dynamic header table. The attacker can then send a header block that is simply repeated requests to expand that field in the dynamic table. This can lead to a gigantic compression ratio of 4,096 or better, meaning that 16kB of data can decompress to 64MB of data on the target machine.
References
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https://python-hyper.org/hpack/en/latest/security/CVE-2016-6581.html | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92315 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
Configurations
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Information
Published : 2017-01-10 07:59
Updated : 2017-01-27 11:41
NVD link : CVE-2016-6581
Mitre link : CVE-2016-6581
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
Products Affected
python
- hyper
- hpack