SB2019101713 - Insufficiently protected credentials in Pivotal Reactor Netty
Published: October 17, 2019 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019101713
Severity
High
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) Insufficiently protected credentials (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11284)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Pivotal Reactor Netty, versions prior to 0.8.11, passes headers through redirects, including authorization ones. A remote unauthenticated malicious user may gain access to credentials for a different server than they have access to.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.