Netty up to 4.0.18 WebSocket resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Netty. Impacted is an unknown function of the component WebSocket. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2014-0193. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Netty. This affects an unknown code of the component WebSocket. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

WebSocket08FrameDecoder in Netty 3.6.x before 3.6.9, 3.7.x before 3.7.1, 3.8.x before 3.8.2, 3.9.x before 3.9.1, and 4.0.x before 4.0.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a TextWebSocketFrame followed by a long stream of ContinuationWebSocketFrames.

The weakness was released 05/06/2014 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at netty.io. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-0193 since 12/03/2013. 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 77078 (RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2014:1019)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 4.0.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (93006), Tenable (77078), SecurityFocus (BID 67182†), Secunia (SA58280†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52834†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-67395 and VDB-70657. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • IBM DB2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • IBM SPSS
  • EMC Avamar
  • Hitachi Ops Center

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / 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: 77078
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 : JBoss EAP (RHSA-2014:1019)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Netty 4.0.8

Timelineinfo

12/03/2013 🔍
05/02/2014 +150 days 🔍
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05/06/2014 +4 days 🔍
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03/25/2015 +323 days 🔍
09/21/2015 +180 days 🔍
01/11/2026 +3765 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2014:1019
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0193 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0193
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69591
X-Force: 93006
SecurityFocus: 67182 - Netty 'WebSocket08FrameDecoder' Class Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 58280 - Netty WebSocket08FrameDecoder Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 52834 - Netty Remote DoS Vulnerability via a TextWebSocketFrame in WebSocket08FrameDecoder - CVE-2014-0193, Medium
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2022-0770 - IBM DB2: Mehrere Schwachstellen

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 01/11/2026 14:16
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (62), 01/02/2018 10:08 (6), 03/21/2022 08:33 (3), 03/21/2022 08:34 (1), 03/21/2022 08:38 (2), 01/11/2026 14:16 (23)
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