Netty up to 4.1.85.Final Message recursion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Netty up to 4.1.85.Final. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Message Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to recursion. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-41881. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Netty up to 4.1.85.Final and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a recursion vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-674. The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Netty project is an event-driven asynchronous network application framework. In versions prior 4.1.8.5.Final, a StackOverflowError can be raised when parsing a malformed crafted message due to an infinite recursion. This issue is patched in version 4.1.85.Final. There is no workaround, except using a custom HaProxyMessageDecoder.

The weakness was disclosed 12/13/2022 as GHSA-fx2c-96vj-985v. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-41881 since 09/30/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 216682 (RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.9 on RHEL 7 (RHSA-2025:1746)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.1.86.Final eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (216682). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Class: Recursion
CWE: CWE-674 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 216682
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.9 on RHEL 7 (RHSA-2025:1746)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Netty 4.1.86.Final

Timelineinfo

09/30/2022 🔍
12/13/2022 +74 days 🔍
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02/24/2025 +804 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-fx2c-96vj-985v
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-41881 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-41881
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-215392

Entryinfo

Created: 12/13/2022 08:26
Updated: 02/24/2025 11:58
Changes: 12/13/2022 08:26 (49), 01/07/2023 10:08 (11), 02/24/2025 11:58 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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