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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2023-44487: MITRE: CVE-2023-44487 HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack

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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2023-44487: MITRE: CVE-2023-44487 HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/10/2023
Created
10/11/2023
Added
10/10/2023
Modified
08/07/2024

Description

The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023.

Solution(s)

  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb5031362
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-1809-kb5031361
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-21h2-kb5031356
  • microsoft-windows-windows_10-22h2-kb5031356
  • microsoft-windows-windows_11-21h2-kb5031358
  • microsoft-windows-windows_11-22h2-kb5031354
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb5031362
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2019-1809-kb5031361
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-21h2-kb5031364
  • microsoft-windows-windows_server_2022-22h2-kb5031364

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