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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100291
Category:Web Servers
Title:Apache HTTP Server 2.4.55 - 2.4.57 DoS Vulnerability - Windows
Summary:Apache HTTP Server is prone to a denial of service (DoS); vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Apache HTTP Server is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
An attacker, opening a HTTP/2 connection with an initial
window size of 0, was able to block handling of that connection indefinitely in Apache HTTP
Server. This could be used to exhaust worker resources in the server, similar to the well known
'slow loris' attack pattern.

Affected Software/OS:
Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.55 through 2.4.57.

Solution:
Update to version 2.4.58 or later.

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-43622
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
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