CVE-2020-7238
Published: 27 January 2020
Netty 4.1.43.Final allows HTTP Request Smuggling because it mishandles Transfer-Encoding whitespace (such as a [space]Transfer-Encoding:chunked line) and a later Content-Length header. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-16869.
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
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
netty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Not vulnerable
(1:4.1.45-1)
|
|
| 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) |
Needs triage
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Needs triage
|
|
|
netty-3.9 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Needs triage
|
| Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
Does not exist
|
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Not vulnerable
(3.9.9.Final-1+deb9u1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus) |
Released
(3.9.0.Final-1ubuntu0.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Does not exist
|