pysec-2017-87
Vulnerability from pysec
Published
2017-01-10 15:59
Modified
2021-08-27 03:22
Details
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.
Impacted products
Name | purl | hpack | pkg:pypi/hpack |
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Aliases
{ "affected": [ { "package": { "ecosystem": "PyPI", "name": "hpack", "purl": "pkg:pypi/hpack" }, "ranges": [ { "events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "2.3.0" } ], "type": "ECOSYSTEM" } ], "versions": [ "1.0.0", "1.0.1", "1.1.0", "2.0.0", "2.0.1", "2.1.0", "2.1.1", "2.2.0" ] } ], "aliases": [ "CVE-2016-6581", "GHSA-ffq8-576r-v26g" ], "details": "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.", "id": "PYSEC-2017-87", "modified": "2021-08-27T03:22:04.412157Z", "published": "2017-01-10T15:59:00Z", "references": [ { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://python-hyper.org/hpack/en/latest/security/CVE-2016-6581.html" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92315" }, { "type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ffq8-576r-v26g" } ] }
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
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- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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