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CVE-2016-6581
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Date: January 10, 2017
A HTTP/2 implementation built using any version of the Python HPACK library between v1.0.0 and v2.2.0 could be targeted for a denial of service attack, specifically a so-called "HPACK Bomb" attack. This attack occurs when an attacker inserts a header field that is exactly the size of the HPACK dynamic header table into the dynamic header table. The attacker can then send a header block that is simply repeated requests to expand that field in the dynamic table. This can lead to a gigantic compression ratio of 4,096 or better, meaning that 16kB of data can decompress to 64MB of data on the target machine.
Language: Python
Severity Score
Severity Score
Weakness Type (CWE)
Resource Management Errors
CWE-399Top Fix
CVSS v3.1
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Attack Vector (AV): | NETWORK |
Attack Complexity (AC): | LOW |
Privileges Required (PR): | NONE |
User Interaction (UI): | NONE |
Scope (S): | UNCHANGED |
Confidentiality (C): | NONE |
Integrity (I): | NONE |
Availability (A): | HIGH |
CVSS v2
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Access Vector (AV): | NETWORK |
Access Complexity (AC): | LOW |
Authentication (AU): | NONE |
Confidentiality (C): | NONE |
Integrity (I): | NONE |
Availability (A): | COMPLETE |
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