Description
quic-go is an implementation of the QUIC protocol (RFC 9000, RFC 9001, RFC 9002) in Go. An attacker can cause its peer to run out of memory sending a large number of PATH_CHALLENGE frames. The receiver is supposed to respond to each PATH_CHALLENGE frame with a PATH_RESPONSE frame. The attacker can prevent the receiver from sending out (the vast majority of) these PATH_RESPONSE frames by collapsing the peers congestion window (by selectively acknowledging received packets) and by manipulating the peer's RTT estimate. This vulnerability has been patched in versions 0.37.7, 0.38.2 and 0.39.4.
References (11)
Core 11
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/G5RSHDTVMYAIGYVVFGKTMFHAZJMA3EVV/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZE7IOKXX5AATU2WR3V76X5Y3A44QAATG/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/security/advisories/GHSA-ppxx-5m9h-6vxf
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/17fc98c2d81dbe685c19702dc694a9d606ac56dc
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/21609ddfeff93668c7625a85eb09f1541fdad965
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/3a9c18bcd27a01c551ac9bf8bd2b4bded77c189a
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/554d543b50b917369fb1394cc5396d928166cf49
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/6cc3d58935426191296171a6c0d1ee965e10534e
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/9aaefe19fc3dc8c8917cc87e6128bb56d9e9e6cc
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/a0ffa757499913f7be69aa78f573a6aee3430ae4
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/d7aa627ebde91cf799ada2a07443faa9b1e5abb8
Scores
CVSS v3
6.4
EPSS
0.0177
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (3)
quic-go/quic-go
0.40.0 - 0.40.1Go
quic-go_project/quic-go
0.40.0
quic-go_project/quic-go
< 0.37.7
Published
Jan 10, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026