SB2017101815 - Input validation error in Netty
Published: October 18, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017101815
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2156)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Netty before 3.9.8.Final, 3.10.x before 3.10.3.Final, 4.0.x before 4.0.28.Final, and 4.1.x before 4.1.0.Beta5 and Play Framework 2.x before 2.3.9 might allow remote attackers to bypass the httpOnly flag on cookies and obtain sensitive information by leveraging improper validation of cookie name and value characters.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159379.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/159166.html
- http://netty.io/news/2015/05/08/3-9-8-Final-and-3.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/17/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74704
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222923
- https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/3754
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a19bb1003b0d6cd22475ba83c019b4fc7facfef2a9e13f71132529d3@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dc1275aef115bda172851a231c76c0932d973f9ffd8bc375c4aba769@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2015-2156-HttpOnlyBypass