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🛡️ CVE-2024-31309 — debian-linux

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-20 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

HTTP/2 CONTINUATION DoS attack can cause Apache Traffic Server to consume more resources on the server.  Version from 8.0.0 through 8.1.9, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.3 are affected.

Users can set a new setting (proxy.config.http2.max_continuation_frames_per_minute) to limit the number of CONTINUATION frames per minute.  ATS does have a fixed amount of memory a request can use and ATS adheres to these limits in previous releases.

Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 8.1.10 or 9.2.4 which fixes the issue.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-31309 is classified as CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. The application accepts input without checking that it has the expected form, so malformed values reach code that assumes they are well formed.

Affected software

CVE-2024-31309 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • fedora
  • traffic-server (from 9.0.0 up to 9.2.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 10 April 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.openwall.com
www.openwall.com
lists.apache.org
lists.debian.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
www.openwall.com
www.openwall.com
lists.apache.org
lists.debian.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
www.kb.cert.org

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Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-20: Improper Input Validation) in other software:

CVE-2024-31309 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-20
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-04-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
fedora
traffic-server 9.0.0 9.2.4

References

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