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CVE-2024-22189

QUIC's Connection ID Mechanism vulnerable to Memory Exhaustion Attack

Published: Apr 4, 2024Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-770
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 38.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

quic-go is an implementation of the QUIC protocol in Go. Prior to version 0.42.0, an attacker can cause its peer to run out of memory sending a large number of `NEW_CONNECTION_ID` frames that retire old connection IDs. The receiver is supposed to respond to each retirement frame with a `RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID` frame. The attacker can prevent the receiver from sending out (the vast majority of) these `RETIRE_CONNECTION_ID` frames by collapsing the peers congestion window (by selectively acknowledging received packets) and by manipulating the peer's RTT estimate. Version 0.42.0 contains a patch for the issue. No known workarounds are available.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-770

Affected Products

quic-goquic-go
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
github.com/quic-go/quic-goGoOSS Libraries
Quic-GoСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
quic-gooss-projectOSS Librariesaka quic-go
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/4a99b816ae3ab03ae5449d15aac45147c85ed47a
github.com
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/security/advisories/GHSA-c33x-xqrf-c478
github.com
https://seemann.io/posts/2024-03-19-exploiting-quics-connection-id-management
seemann.io
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Timeline

Published
Apr 4, 2024
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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