CVE-2016-8740

Name	CVE-2016-8740
Description	The mod_http2 module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 through 2.4.23, when the Protocols configuration includes h2 or h2c, does not restrict request-header length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted CONTINUATION frames in an HTTP/2 request.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	847124

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
apache2 (PTS)	buster	2.4.38-3+deb10u8	fixed
	buster (security)	2.4.38-3+deb10u10	fixed
	bullseye	2.4.56-1~deb11u2	fixed
	bullseye (security)	2.4.56-1~deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	2.4.57-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Debian Bugs
apache2	source	wheezy	(not affected)
apache2	source	jessie	(not affected)
apache2	source	(unstable)	2.4.25-1	847124

Notes

[jessie] - apache2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - apache2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
HTTP/2 support introduced in 2.4.17