CVE-2024-53259

NameCVE-2024-53259
Descriptionquic-go is an implementation of the QUIC protocol in Go. An off-path attacker can inject an ICMP Packet Too Large packet. Since affected quic-go versions used IP_PMTUDISC_DO, the kernel would then return a "message too large" error on sendmsg, i.e. when quic-go attempts to send a packet that exceeds the MTU claimed in that ICMP packet. By setting this value to smaller than 1200 bytes (the minimum MTU for QUIC), the attacker can disrupt a QUIC connection. Crucially, this can be done after completion of the handshake, thereby circumventing any TCP fallback that might be implemented on the application layer (for example, many browsers fall back to HTTP over TCP if they're unable to establish a QUIC connection). The attacker needs to at least know the client's IP and port tuple to mount an attack. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.48.2.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1089227

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-go (PTS)bullseye0.19.3-1vulnerable
bookworm0.29.0-1vulnerable
sid, trixie0.46.0-2vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-gosource(unstable)(unfixed)1089227

Notes

[bookworm] - golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-go <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-go <postponed> (Limited support, minor issue, follow bookworm DSAs/point-releases)
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/security/advisories/GHSA-px8v-pp82-rcvr
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/pull/4729
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/ca31dd355cbe5fc6c5807992d9d1149c66c96a50 (master)
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/34157e6455b07723d11385212a4e1328f57f1da5 (v0.48.2)

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