CVE-2024-22189
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5
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affected products (35)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Red Hat Ansible Automation Platformall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:-
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes 4all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:advanced_cluster_security_for_kubernetes_4
- Red Hat OpenShift API for Data Protection 1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:api_for_data_protection_1
- Red Hat OpenShift Kube Descheduler Operator 5all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:kube_descheduler_operator_5
- Red Hat OpenShift Run Once Duration Override Operator 1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:run_once_duration_override_operator_1
- Red Hat OpenShift Secondary Scheduler Operatorall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:::secondary_scheduler_operator
advisories (3)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2024-1474Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-06-27csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat OpenShift ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder Daten zu manipulieren.
- GHSA-c33x-xqrf-c478QUIC's Connection ID Mechanism vulnerable to Memory Exhaustion Attack2024-04-02ghsa · osvUS
An attacker can cause its peer to run out of memory by 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. I published a more detailed description of the attack and its mitigation in this blog post: https://seemann.io/posts/2024-03-19-exploiting-quics-connection-id-management/. I also presented this attack in the IETF QUIC working group session at IETF 119: https://youtu.be/JqXtYcZAtIA?si=nJ31QKLBSTRXY35U&t=3683 There's no way to mitigate this attack, please update quic-go to a version that contains the fix.
- GO-2024-2682Denial of service via connection starvation in github.com/quic-go/quic-go2024-04-05vendor · osvUS
An attacker can cause its peer to run out of memory by 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.
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references (15)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2024-22189cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2024-22189/cnnvd
- https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/4a99b816ae3ab03ae5449d15aac45147c85ed47acnnvd
- https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/security/advisories/GHSA-c33x-xqrf-c478cnnvd
- https://seemann.io/posts/2024-03-19-exploiting-quics-connection-id-managementcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/quic-go-overload-via-NEW-CONNECTION-ID-44625cnnvd
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqXtYcZAtIA&t=3683scnnvd
- https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/4a99b816ae3ab03ae5449d15aac45147c85ed47aenisa_euvd
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