HTTP/2 Rapid Reset DDOS Vulnerability Affects Virtually Any Website

Details of a new form of DDOS that requires relatively minimal resources to launch an attack of unprecedented scale, making it a clear danger for websites as server software companies race to release patches to protect against it.

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HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Exploit The vulnerability takes advantage of the HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 network protocols that allow multiple streams of data to and from a server and a browser.

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This means that the browser can request multiple resources from a server and get them all returned, rather than having to wait for each resource to download one at a time.

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The exploit that was publicly announced by Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google is called HTTP/2 Rapid Reset.

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The vast majority of modern web servers use the HTTP/2 network protocol. Because there is currently no software patch to fix the HTTP/2 security hole, it means that virtually every server is vulnerable.

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An exploit that is new and has no way to mitigate it is called a zero-day exploit.

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HTTP/2 Rapid Reset DDOS Vulnerability Affects Virtually Any Website

Server software companies race to patch a severe DDOS vulnerability that potentially affects virtually every website

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Details of a new form of DDOS that requires relatively minimal resources to launch an attack of unprecedented scale, making it a clear danger for websites as server software companies race to release patches to protect against it.

Brought to you by Trickyenough

HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Exploit The vulnerability takes advantage of the HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 network protocols that allow multiple streams of data to and from a server and a browser.

Brought to you by Trickyenough

This means that the browser can request multiple resources from a server and get them all returned, rather than having to wait for each resource to download one at a time.

Brought to you by Trickyenough

The exploit that was publicly announced by Cloudflare, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google is called HTTP/2 Rapid Reset.

Brought to you by Trickyenough

The vast majority of modern web servers use the HTTP/2 network protocol. Because there is currently no software patch to fix the HTTP/2 security hole, it means that virtually every server is vulnerable.

Brought to you by Trickyenough

An exploit that is new and has no way to mitigate it is called a zero-day exploit.

Brought to you by Trickyenough