HTTP Request Smuggling Vulnerability in Netty by Red Hat
CVE-2020-7238

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Netty

Status
Netty
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 January 2020

What is CVE-2020-7238?

Netty 4.1.43.Final is susceptible to HTTP Request Smuggling due to improper handling of whitespace in the Transfer-Encoding header. This flaw could lead to payload manipulation by an attacker, as it misinterprets a chunked transfer followed by a Content-Length header. This vulnerability arises from an incomplete patch addressing a prior issue, exposing systems to potential security risks.

References

https://netty.io/news/
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https://github.com/jdordonezn/CVE-2020-72381/issues/1
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0497
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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