Bug ID 1020941: HTTP/2 header frames decoding may fail with COMPRESSION_ERROR when frame delivered in multiple xfrags

Last Modified: Jul 12, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP LTM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.0, 16.0.1, 16.0.0, 15.1.3, 15.1.2, 15.1.1, 15.1.0, 15.0.1, 15.0.0, 14.1.4, 14.1.3, 14.1.2, 14.1.0

Fixed In:
16.1.0, 15.1.4, 14.1.4.5

Opened: May 24, 2021

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

HTTP/2 request fails with COMPRESSION_ERROR.

Impact

The header value length is incorrectly updated, and the HTTP/2 request fails.

Conditions

HTTP/2 header frames are received in multiple xfrags in such a way that the first 2 bytes of 'encoded' header-field 'value-length' are the last 2 bytes of the xfrag, and the remaining bytes are in the next xfrag.

Workaround

None

Fix Information

HTTP/2 now parses the request, regardless of its xfrags distribution.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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