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Monday, December 5, 2016

[FD] CVE-2016-8740, Server memory can be exhausted and service denied when HTTP/2 is used

Security Advisory - Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTPD WebServer / httpd.apache.org Server memory can be exhausted and service denied when HTTP/2 is used CVE-2016-8740 The Apache HTTPD web server (from 2.4.17-2.4.23) did not apply limitations on request headers correctly when experimental module for the HTTP/2 protocol is used to access a resource. The net result is that a the server allocates too much memory instead of denying the request. This can lead to memory exhaustion of the server by a properly crafted request. Background: -

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