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Fix HTTP/2 CVEs
A number of HTTP/2 CVEs were documented recently:

  https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/605641/

This commit, along with a few changes and additions in Cowlib,
fix or improve protection against all of them.

For CVE-2019-9511, also known as Data Dribble, the new option
stream_window_data_threshold can be used to control how little
the DATA frames that Cowboy sends can get.

For CVE-2019-9516, also known as 0-Length Headers Leak, Cowboy
will now simply reject streams containing 0-length header names.

For CVE-2019-9517, also known as Internal Data Buffering, the
backpressure changes were already pretty good at preventing this
issue, but a new option max_connection_buffer_size was added for
even better control over how much memory we are willing to allocate.

For CVE-2019-9512, also known as Ping Flood; CVE-2019-9515, also
known as Settings Flood; CVE-2019-9518, also known as Empty Frame
Flooding; and similar undocumented scenarios, a frame rate limiting
mechanism was added. By default Cowboy will now allow 1000 frames
every 10 seconds. This can be configured via max_received_frame_rate.

For CVE-2019-9514, also known as Reset Flood, another rate limiting
mechanism was added and can be configured via max_reset_stream_rate.
By default Cowboy will do up to 10 stream resets every 10 seconds.

Finally, nothing was done for CVE-2019-9513, also known as Resource
Loop, because Cowboy does not currently implement the HTTP/2
priority mechanism (in parts because these issues were well known
from the start).

Tests were added for all cases except Internal Data Buffering,
which I'm not sure how to test, and Resource Loop, which is not
currently relevant.
2019-10-02 10:44:45 +02:00
doc/src Fix HTTP/2 CVEs 2019-10-02 10:44:45 +02:00
ebin Cowboy 2.6.3 2019-04-05 11:09:55 +02:00
examples rest_pastebin example: Add a constraint for lang parameter 2019-09-05 18:05:44 +02:00
src Fix HTTP/2 CVEs 2019-10-02 10:44:45 +02:00
test Fix HTTP/2 CVEs 2019-10-02 10:44:45 +02:00
.gitattributes Convert the documentation to Asciidoc 2016-01-14 13:37:20 +01:00
.gitignore gitignore: add examples/ dependency files 2016-05-25 12:54:12 +02:00
CONTRIBUTING.asciidoc Document how to run all test suites 2018-11-20 13:28:48 +01:00
erlang.mk Update erlang.mk 2018-09-12 15:00:48 +02:00
LICENSE Welcome to 2017 2017-01-02 19:36:36 +01:00
Makefile Only test on the latest release per OTP major version by default 2019-09-18 09:48:12 +02:00
plugins.mk Allow passing options to sub protocols 2017-02-18 18:26:20 +01:00
README.asciidoc Prepare the Cowboy 2.6 release 2018-11-17 13:36:14 +01:00
rebar.config Fix and optimize sending of WINDOW_UPDATE frames 2019-09-05 14:07:38 +02:00

= Cowboy

Cowboy is a small, fast and modern HTTP server for Erlang/OTP.

== Goals

Cowboy aims to provide a *complete* HTTP stack in a *small* code base.
It is optimized for *low latency* and *low memory usage*, in part
because it uses *binary strings*.

Cowboy provides *routing* capabilities, selectively dispatching requests
to handlers written in Erlang.

Because it uses Ranch for managing connections, Cowboy can easily be
*embedded* in any other application.

Cowboy is *clean* and *well tested* Erlang code.

== Online documentation

* https://ninenines.eu/docs/en/cowboy/2.6/guide[User guide]
* https://ninenines.eu/docs/en/cowboy/2.6/manual[Function reference]

== Offline documentation

* While still online, run `make docs`
* User guide available in `doc/` in PDF and HTML formats
* Function reference man pages available in `doc/man3/` and `doc/man7/`
* Run `make install-docs` to install man pages on your system
* Full documentation in Asciidoc available in `doc/src/`
* Examples available in `examples/`

== Getting help

* Official IRC Channel: #ninenines on irc.freenode.net
* https://github.com/ninenines/cowboy/issues[Issues tracker]
* https://ninenines.eu/services[Commercial Support]