CVE-2023-45288 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2023-45288: An attacker may cause an HTTP/2 endpoint to read arbitrary amounts of header data by sending an excessive number of CONTINUATION frames. Maintaining HPACK state requires parsing and processing all HEADERS and CONTINUATION frames on a connection. When a request's headers exceed MaxHeaderBytes, no mem

Affects 5 Linux releases across 9 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2023-45288 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

golang-golang-x-net→ fixed in1:0.23.0+dfsg-urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y golang-golang-x-net
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

go→ fixed in1.22.2-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade go
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

forgejo→ fixed in1.21.10.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade forgejo
```
go→ fixed in1.22.2-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade go
```
rclone→ fixed in1.67.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade rclone
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

forgejo→ fixed in1.21.10.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade forgejo
```
go→ fixed in1.22.2-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade go
```
rclone→ fixed in1.67.0-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade rclone
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

go→ fixed in1.21.9-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade go
```

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