CVE-2020-9494 (GCVE-0-2020-9494)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-24 15:25 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:34
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Summary
Apache Traffic Server 6.0.0 to 6.2.3, 7.0.0 to 7.1.10, and 8.0.0 to 8.0.7 is vulnerable to certain types of HTTP/2 HEADERS frames that can cause the server to allocate a large amount of memory and spin the thread.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Information Disclosure
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Traffic Server Affected: 6.0.0 to 6.2.3
Affected: 7.0.0 to 7.1.10
Affected: 8.0.0 to 8.0.7
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