#VU70119 HTTP response splitting in Netty - CVE-2022-41915
Published: December 12, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU70119
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41915
CWE-ID: CWE-113
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Netty
Netty
Software vendor:
Netty project
Netty project
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP splitting attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to software does not validate header values when calling DefaultHttpHeaders.set with an iterator of values. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary header values and perform HTTP splitting attacks.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker perform cache poisoning attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.