Ratpack up to 1.7.4 Netty Library DefaultHttpHeaders Control Character input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Ratpack up to 1.7.4. The impacted element is the function DefaultHttpHeaders of the component Netty Library. Such manipulation as part of Control Character leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-17513. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Ratpack up to 1.7.4. Affected by this issue is the function DefaultHttpHeaders of the component Netty Library. The manipulation as part of a Control Character leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in Ratpack before 1.7.5. Due to a misuse of the Netty library class DefaultHttpHeaders, there is no validation that headers lack HTTP control characters. Thus, if untrusted data is used to construct HTTP headers with Ratpack, HTTP Response Splitting can occur.

The weakness was released 10/18/2019 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-17513 since 10/11/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 1.7.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ratpack 1.7.5
Patch: github.com

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10/11/2019 🔍
10/18/2019 +7 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: c560a8d10cb8bdd7a526c1ca2e67c8f224ca23ae
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-17513 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-17513
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-143876

Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2019 10:35
Updated: 01/16/2024 14:38
Changes: 10/18/2019 10:35 (40), 10/18/2019 10:40 (17), 01/16/2024 14:38 (6)
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