CVE-2023-43622
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-23 06:50
Modified
2024-09-17 14:19
Severity ?
Summary
Apache HTTP Server: DoS in HTTP/2 with initial windows size 0
References
security@apache.orghttps://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlVendor Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231027-0011/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Apache Software FoundationApache HTTP Server
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