Pivotal Reactor Netty up to 0.8.11 Header Credentials insufficiently protected credentials

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Pivotal Reactor Netty up to 0.8.11. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Header Handler. This manipulation causes insufficiently protected credentials (Credentials). This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-11284. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Pivotal Reactor Netty up to 0.8.11 (JavaScript Library) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Header Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficiently protected credentials vulnerability (Credentials). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-522. The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 10/17/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at pivotal.io. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-11284 since 04/18/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• JavaScript Library

Name

• Pivotal Reactor Netty

Version

• 0.8.0
• 0.8.1
• 0.8.2
• 0.8.3
• 0.8.4
• 0.8.5
• 0.8.6
• 0.8.7
• 0.8.8
• 0.8.9
• 0.8.10
• 0.8.11

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• commercial

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