CVE-2023-1428

NameCVE-2023-1428
DescriptionThere exists an vulnerability causing an abort() to be called in gRPC.  The following headers cause gRPC's C++ implementation to abort() when called via http2: te: x (x != trailers) :scheme: x (x != http, https) grpclb_client_stats: x (x == anything) On top of sending one of those headers, a later header must be sent that gets the total header size past 8KB. We recommend upgrading past git commit 2485fa94bd8a723e5c977d55a3ce10b301b437f8 or v1.53 and above.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
grpc (PTS)buster1.16.1-1fixed
bullseye1.30.2-3fixed
bookworm1.51.1-3fixed
sid, trixie1.51.1-5fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
grpcsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- grpc <not-affected> (Vulnerable maxsize handler introduced later)
Fixed by: https://github.com/grpc/grpc/commit/2485fa94bd8a723e5c977d55a3ce10b301b437f8 (v1.54.0-pre1)
Introduced by: https://github.com/grpc/grpc/commit/b2b70515583fe18e36c7e70b265808fa3154f734 (v1.52.0-pre1)

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