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gRPC is a high-performance remote procedure call framework widely used in cloud-native and microservice architectures. Recent discussions on WindowsForum.com highlight critical security vulnerabilities affecting gRPC implementations on POSIX systems. CVE-2023-4785 involves a TCP file descriptor exhaustion flaw in gRPC's TCP server, allowing remote attackers to cause denial of service by rapidly opening and aborting connections. CVE-2023-33953 targets the HPACK parser, enabling memory and CPU exhaustion via crafted HTTP/2 frames. These issues impact C++, Python, and Ruby bindings, emphasizing the need for prompt patching in environments relying on gRPC for inter-service communication.
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    CVE-2023-4785: gRPC TCP FD Exhaustion Flaw in POSIX servers

    Google’s widely used RPC stack has been rocked by a high‑impact denial‑of‑service flaw that can be triggered remotely against a range of gRPC deployments on POSIX platforms: CVE‑2023‑4785 arises from missing error handling in the gRPC TCP server and allows a remote attacker to exhaust server...
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    gRPC HPACK CVE-2023-33953: Mitigations for DoS via HTTP/2 Frames

    gRPC’s HPACK parser contains a set of parsing/accounting flaws that allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to force excessive memory allocation, trigger pathological CPU use, and in practice cause connection termination or full denial-of-service of gRPC endpoints unless libraries and products...
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