CVE-2020-11080

Public on 2020-06-03
Modified on 2020-07-29
Description
A resource consumption vulnerability was found in nghttp2. This flaw allows an attacker to repeatedly construct an overly large HTTP/2 SETTINGS frame with a length of 14,400 bytes that causes excessive CPU usage, leading to a denial of service.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 nghttp2 2020-07-27 ALAS-2020-1404 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core nghttp2 2020-06-30 ALAS2-2020-1445 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2020-11080 Mitre: CVE-2020-11080