CVE-2023-45802
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-23 06:50
Modified
2024-10-14 09:01
Severity ?
Summary
Apache HTTP Server: HTTP/2 stream memory not reclaimed right away on RST
References
security@apache.orghttps://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Apache Software FoundationApache HTTP Server
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