Netty up to 4.1.76 Incomplete Fix CVE-2021-21290 temp file

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Netty up to 4.1.76. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2021-21290. Performing a manipulation results in temp file. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-24823. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Netty up to 4.1.76. This affects some unknown processing of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2021-21290. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a temp file vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-377. Creating and using insecure temporary files can leave application and system data vulnerable to attack. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The weakness was released 05/06/2022 as GHSA-269q-hmxg-m83q. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-24823 since 02/10/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216685 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Netty vulnerabilities (USN-7284-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.1.77.Final eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 185f8b2756a36aaa4f973f1a2a025e7d981823f1 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (216685). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• Netty

Version

• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4
• 4.1.5
• 4.1.6
• 4.1.7
• 4.1.8
• 4.1.9
• 4.1.10
• 4.1.11
• 4.1.12
• 4.1.13
• 4.1.14
• 4.1.15
• 4.1.16
• 4.1.17
• 4.1.18
• 4.1.19
• 4.1.20
• 4.1.21
• 4.1.22
• 4.1.23
• 4.1.24
• 4.1.25
• 4.1.26
• 4.1.27
• 4.1.28
• 4.1.29
• 4.1.30
• 4.1.31
• 4.1.32
• 4.1.33
• 4.1.34
• 4.1.35
• 4.1.36
• 4.1.37
• 4.1.38
• 4.1.39
• 4.1.40
• 4.1.41
• 4.1.42
• 4.1.43
• 4.1.44
• 4.1.45
• 4.1.46
• 4.1.47
• 4.1.48
• 4.1.49
• 4.1.50
• 4.1.51
• 4.1.52
• 4.1.53
• 4.1.54
• 4.1.55
• 4.1.56
• 4.1.57
• 4.1.58
• 4.1.59
• 4.1.60
• 4.1.61
• 4.1.62
• 4.1.63
• 4.1.64
• 4.1.65
• 4.1.66
• 4.1.67
• 4.1.68
• 4.1.69
• 4.1.70
• 4.1.71
• 4.1.72
• 4.1.73
• 4.1.74
• 4.1.75
• 4.1.76

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/netty/netty/

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