CVE-2024-34750

A vulnerability was found in Apache Tomcat. When processing an HTTP/2 stream, Tomcat did not handle some cases of excessive HTTP headers correctly. This issue led to a miscounting of active HTTP/2 streams, which in turn led to using an incorrect infinite timeout that allowed connections to remain open that should have been closed.

This vulnerability in Apache Tomcat is significant due to its impact on the stability and security of web applications relying on HTTP/2. The improper handling of excessive HTTP headers during HTTP/2 stream processing leads to an inaccurate count of active streams. This miscount causes the application to apply an incorrect infinite timeout, allowing connections to persist indefinitely. Such behavior results in uncontrolled resource consumption, potentially exhausting server resources and leading to denial of service (DoS) conditions. By exploiting this flaw, an attacker could degrade the performance or availability of the server.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.