High severity · published Feb 13, 2024
CVE-2024-24814
Denial of service when manipulating mod_auth_openidc_session_chunks cookie in mod_auth_openidc
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Certified™ authentication and authorization module for the Apache 2.x HTTP server that implements the OpenID Connect Relying Party functionality. In affected versions missing input validation on mod_auth_openidc_session_chunks cookie value makes the server vulnerable to a denial of service (DoS) attack. An internal security audit has been conducted and the reviewers found that if they manipulated the value of the mod_auth_openidc_session_chunks cookie to a very large integer, like 99999999, the server struggles with the request for a long time and finally gets back with a 500 error. Making a few requests of this kind caused our server to become unresponsive. Attackers can craft requests that would make the server work very hard (and possibly become unresponsive) and/or crash with minimal effort. This issue has been addressed in version 2.4.15.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MO
mod_auth_openidc · OpenIDC
>= 2.0.0, < 2.4.15.2 · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
39 · source: NVD
MA
Mod Auth Openidc · Openidc
2.0.0 through 2.4.15.1 · source: NVD
Affected product
MO
mod_auth_openidc
OpenIDC
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