CVE-2023-43622 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-43622: An attacker, opening a HTTP/2 connection with an initial window size of 0, was able to block handling of that connection indefinitely in Apache HTTP Server. This could be used to exhaust worker resources in the server, similar to the well known "slow loris" attack pattern. This has been fixed in ver

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-43622 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

apache2→ fixed in2.4.59-1~deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y apache2
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

apache2→ fixed in2.4.59-1~deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y apache2
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

apache2→ fixed in2.4.58-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y apache2
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

apache2→ fixed in2.4.58-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade apache2
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

apache2→ fixed in2.4.58-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade apache2
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

apache2→ fixed in2.4.58-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade apache2
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

apache2→ fixed in2.4.58-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade apache2
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

apache2→ fixed in2.4.58-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade apache2
```

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