What is CVE-2019-10079?

CVE-2019-10079 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2019-10079?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Apache Traffic Server

CVE-2019-10079

Apache Traffic Server is vulnerable to HTTP/2 setting flood attacks. Earlier versions of Apache Traffic Server didn't limit the number of setting frames sent from the client using the HTTP/2 protocol. Users should upgrade to Apache Traffic Server 7.1.7, 8.0.4, or later versions.

EPSS: 0.046 (90.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Apache Traffic_server
N/a Apache Traffic Server — versions Apache Traffic Server 6.0.0 to 6.2.3, 7.0.0 to 7.1.6, and 8.0.0 to 8.0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-10079?: CVE-2019-10079 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2019-10079?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.