Bug 2272986 (CVE-2024-30255) - CVE-2024-30255 envoy: HTTP/2 CPU exhaustion due to CONTINUATION frame flood
Summary: CVE-2024-30255 envoy: HTTP/2 CPU exhaustion due to CONTINUATION frame flood
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-30255
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2273052 2273046 2273047 2273048 2273049 2273050 2273051 2273053 2306526
Blocks: 2268258
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Reported: 2024-04-03 15:07 UTC by Chess Hazlett
Modified: 2025-05-06 08:28 UTC (History)
56 users (show)

Fixed In Version: envoy 1.29.3, envoy 1.28.2, envoy 1.27.4, envoy 1.26.8
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:4520 0 None None None 2024-07-11 17:33:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:7725 0 None None None 2024-10-07 09:25:50 UTC

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
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