CVE-2024-23837

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    CVE-2024-23837

    Published: 26 Feb 2024Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: LibHTP unbounded folded header handling leads to denial service

    Details: LibHTP is a security-aware parser for the HTTP protocol. Crafted traffic can cause excessive processing time of HTTP headers, leading to denial of service. This issue is addressed in 0.5.46.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00009.html, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GOCOBFUTIFHOP2PZOH4ENRFXRBHIRKK4/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZXJIT7R53ZXROO3I256RFUWTIW4ECK6P/, https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/issues/6444, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/23xxx/CVE-2024-23837.json, https://github.com/OISF/libhtp/security/advisories/GHSA-f9wf-rrjj-qx8m, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23837, https://github.com/OISF/libhtp/commit/20ac301d801cdf01b3f021cca08a22a87f477c4a

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3b9ed734874e8bf64f1239abac42f77e99cfd906

    Affected versions

    0.5.45
    0.5.44
    0.5.43
    0.5.42
    0.5.41
    0.5.40
    0.5.39
    0.5.38
    0.5.37
    0.5.36
    0.5.35
    0.5.34
    0.5.33
    0.5.32
    0.5.31
    0.5.30
    0.5.29
    0.5.28
    0.5.27
    0.5.26
    0.5.25
    0.5.24
    0.5.23
    0.5.22
    0.5.21
    0.5.20
    0.5.19
    0.5.18
    0.5.17
    0.5.16
    0.5.15
    0.5.14
    0.5.13
    0.5.12
    0.5.11
    0.5.10
    0.5.9
    0.5.8
    0.5.7
    0.5.6
    0.5.5
    0.5.4
    0.5.3
    0.5.2
    0.5.1
    0.5.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
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