Impact of HTTP Smuggling on Load Balancers and Systems

CVE-2024-9622
5.3MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Jboss Data Grid 7
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 8
Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 October 2024

Summary

A vulnerability was found in the resteasy-netty4 library arising from improper handling of HTTP requests using smuggling techniques. When an HTTP smuggling request with an ASCII control character is sent, it causes the Netty HttpObjectDecoder to transition into a BAD_MESSAGE state. As a result, any subsequent legitimate requests on the same connection are ignored, leading to client timeouts, which may impact systems using load balancers and expose them to risk.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Risk change from: null to: 5.3 - (MEDIUM)

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

  • Reported to Red Hat.

  • Vulnerability published.

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