ubuntu-cve-2024-27316
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-03-27 00:00
Modified
2026-05-29 10:27
Summary
Details

HTTP/2 incoming headers exceeding the limit are temporarily buffered in nghttp2 in order to generate an informative HTTP 413 response. If a client does not stop sending headers, this leads to memory exhaustion.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "HTTP/2 incoming headers exceeding the limit are temporarily buffered in nghttp2 in order to generate an informative HTTP 413 response. If a client does not stop sending headers, this leads to memory exhaustion.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27316",
  "modified": "2026-05-29T10:27:08Z",
  "published": "2024-03-27T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-27316"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421644"
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6729-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-27316"
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    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6729-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6729-3"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-6729-1",
    "USN-6729-2",
    "USN-6729-3"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
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    }
  ],
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  ]
}



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