| Name | CVE-2018-17189 |
| Description | In Apache HTTP server versions 2.4.37 and prior, by sending request bodies in a slow loris way to plain resources, the h2 stream for that request unnecessarily occupied a server thread cleaning up that incoming data. This affects only HTTP/2 (mod_http2) connections. |
| 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) |
| References | DSA-4422-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 920302 |
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+deb10u9 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 2.4.54-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 2.4.56-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2.4.56-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 2.4.56-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apache2 | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| apache2 | source | stretch | 2.4.25-3+deb9u7 | DSA-4422-1 | ||
| apache2 | source | (unstable) | 2.4.38-1 | low | 920302 |
[jessie] - apache2 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
HTTP/2 support introduced in 2.4.17
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/22/2
https://svn.apache.org/r1851329