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Potential DDoS whith ACME HTTPChallenge

Moderate
nmengin published GHSA-8g85-whqh-cr2f Dec 4, 2023

Package

gomod Traefik (Go)

Affected versions

<= v2.10.5, <= v3.0.0-beta4

Patched versions

v2.10.6, v3.0.0-beta5

Description

Impact

There is a potential vulnerability in Traefik managing the ACME HTTP challenge.

When Traefik is configured to use the HTTPChallenge to generate and renew the Let's Encrypt TLS certificates, the delay authorized to solve the challenge (50 seconds) can be exploited by attackers (slowloris attack).

Patches

Workarounds

Replace the HTTPChallenge with the TLSChallenge or the DNSChallenge.

For more information

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Severity

Moderate

CVE ID

CVE-2023-47124

Weaknesses

No CWEs