CVE-2019-20444

Published: 29 January 2020

HttpObjectDecoder.java in Netty before 4.1.44 allows an HTTP header that lacks a colon, which might be interpreted as a separate header with an incorrect syntax, or might be interpreted as an "invalid fold."

From the Ubuntu security team

It was discovered that Netty has HTTP request smuggling vulnerability. A remote attacker could use it to extract sensitive information.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 9.1

Status

Package	Release	Status
netty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Needs triage

	Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)	Not vulnerable (1:4.1.45-1)
	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)	Not vulnerable (1:4.1.45-1)
	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)	Released (1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1)
	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)	Needs triage
	Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr)	Needs triage
netty-3.9 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Needs triage

	Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)	Does not exist
	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)	Does not exist
	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)	Released (3.9.9.Final-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1)
	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)	Released (3.9.0.Final-1ubuntu0.1)
	Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr)	Does not exist

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