Netty 4.1.43.Final Incomplete Fix CVE-2019-16869 HTTP Smuggling request smuggling

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netty 4.1.43.Final. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2019-16869. Performing a manipulation results in request smuggling (HTTP Smuggling). This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-7238. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netty 4.1.43.Final. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2019-16869. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a request smuggling vulnerability (HTTP Smuggling). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-444. The product acts as an intermediary HTTP agent (such as a proxy or firewall) in the data flow between two entities such as a client and server, but it does not interpret malformed HTTP requests or responses in ways that are consistent with how the messages will be processed by those entities that are at the ultimate destination. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Netty 4.1.43.Final allows HTTP Request Smuggling because it mishandles Transfer-Encoding whitespace (such as a [space]Transfer-Encoding:chunked line) and a later Content-Length header. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-16869.

The weakness was published 01/27/2020. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-7238 since 01/20/2020. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211909 (RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.8 on RHEL 7 (RHSA-2024:10208)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (211909). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Name: HTTP Smuggling
Class: Request smuggling / HTTP Smuggling
CWE: CWE-444
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Nessus ID: 211909
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.8 on RHEL 7 (RHSA-2024:10208)

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01/28/2020 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2020:0497
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-7238 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-7238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-149415

Entryinfo

Created: 01/28/2020 08:25
Updated: 11/28/2024 05:44
Changes: 01/28/2020 08:25 (35), 01/28/2020 08:30 (17), 03/26/2024 14:49 (18), 11/28/2024 05:44 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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