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CVE-2021-32780 (GCVE-0-2021-32780)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-24 20:55 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:33
VLAI
Title
Incorrect handling of H/2 GOAWAY followed by SETTINGS frames
Summary
Envoy is an open source L7 proxy and communication bus designed for large modern service oriented architectures. In affected versions Envoy transitions a H/2 connection to the CLOSED state when it receives a GOAWAY frame without any streams outstanding. The connection state is transitioned to DRAINING when it receives a SETTING frame with the SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS parameter set to 0. Receiving these two frames in the same I/O event results in abnormal termination of the Envoy process due to invalid state transition from CLOSED to DRAINING. A sequence of H/2 frames delivered by an untrusted upstream server will result in Denial of Service in the presence of untrusted **upstream** servers. Envoy versions 1.19.1, 1.18.4 contain fixes to stop processing of pending H/2 frames after connection transition to the CLOSED state.
CWE
  • CWE-754 - Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
envoyproxy envoy Affected: >= 1.19.0, < 1.19.1
Affected: >= 1.18.0, < 1.18.4
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