CVE-2019-16869 (High) detected in netty-codec-http-4.1.34.Final.jar

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CVE-2019-16869 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - netty-codec-http-4.1.34.Final.jar

Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers and clients.

Library home page: http://netty.io/

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.ivy2/cache/io.netty/netty-codec-http/jars/netty-codec-http-4.1.34.Final.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• play-netty-server_2.13-2.7.5.jar (Root Library)
  • netty-reactive-streams-http-2.0.3.jar
    • ❌ netty-codec-http-4.1.34.Final.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 2819174635979a19573ec0ce8e3e2b63a3848079

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Netty before 4.1.42.Final mishandles whitespace before the colon in HTTP headers (such as a "Transfer-Encoding : chunked" line), which leads to HTTP request smuggling.

Publish Date: 2019-09-26

URL: CVE-2019-16869

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16869

Release Date: 2019-09-26

Fix Resolution (io.netty:netty-codec-http): 4.1.42.Final

Direct dependency fix Resolution (com.typesafe.play:play-netty-server_2.13): 2.8.0