Bug 2272986 (CVE-2024-30255)

Summary: CVE-2024-30255 envoy: HTTP/2 CPU exhaustion due to CONTINUATION frame flood
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Chess Hazlett <chazlett>
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Fixed In Version: envoy 1.29.3, envoy 1.28.2, envoy 1.27.4, envoy 1.26.8 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A vulnerability was found in how Envoy Proxy implements the HTTP/2 codec. There are insufficient limitations placed on the amount of CONTINUATION frames that can be sent within a single stream. This issue could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to send packets to vulnerable servers, which could use up compute resources to cause a Denial of Service.
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Bug Depends On: 2273052, 2273046, 2273047, 2273048, 2273049, 2273050, 2273051, 2273053, 2306526    
Bug Blocks: 2268258    

Description Chess Hazlett 2024-04-03 15:07:49 UTC 
HTTP/2 protocol stack in Envoy versions 1.29.2 or earlier are vulnerable to CPU exhaustion due to flood of CONTINUATION frames.

Envoy's HTTP/2 codec allows the client to send an unlimited number of CONTINUATION frames even after exceeding Envoy's header map limits. This allows an attacker to send a sequence of CONTINUATION frames without the END_HEADERS bit set causing CPU utilization, consuming approximately 1 core per 300Mbit/s of traffic.
Comment 5 Nick Tait 2024-04-03 19:30:45 UTC 
Created golang-github-prometheus tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2273052]


Created grpcurl tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2273051]
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2024-07-11 17:32:57 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Migration Toolkit for Containers 1.7

Via RHSA-2024:4520 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4520
Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2024-10-07 09:25:47 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 2.5 for RHEL 8

Via RHSA-2024:7725 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7725