net-http/x-net-http2 on Go CONTINUATION Frame denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in net-http and x-net-http2 on Go. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component CONTINUATION Frame Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-45288. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in net-http and x-net-http2 on Go (unknown version). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component CONTINUATION Frame Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability.

The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-45288 since 10/06/2023. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208102 (Amazon Linux 2 : amazon-ssm-agent (ALAS-2024-2645)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (208102) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1228). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat OpenStack
  • IBM MQ
  • Red Hat OpenShift

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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CNA Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 208102
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux 2 : amazon-ssm-agent (ALAS-2024-2645)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/06/2023 🔍
04/03/2024 +180 days 🔍
04/03/2024 +0 days 🔍
07/27/2025 +480 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2024-ce2eefc399
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-45288 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-45288
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-259292
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2024-1228 - Red Hat OpenStack: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 04/03/2024 22:43
Updated: 07/27/2025 06:29
Changes: 04/03/2024 22:43 (50), 05/09/2024 10:45 (2), 08/27/2024 00:47 (13), 10/04/2024 06:56 (2), 07/27/2025 06:29 (7)
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Discussion

 Anonymous User (+0)
2 years ago
Good morning,
I think nghttp2 is also affected by the bug, could you also add the following cpe?
nghttp2:nghttp2
Best Regards,
TEAM CERT
 VulDB Community Team2 years ago
This issue affects a lot of upstream products. In this case we do not maintain an extended CPE list. Instead we created a dedicated entry: VDB-259293

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