SB2017101815 - Input validation error in Netty

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2156)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

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