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CVE-2019-11284: Reactor Netty authentication leak in redirects

Severity

Medium

Vendor

Pivotal

Description

Pivotal Reactor Netty, versions prior to 0.8.11, passes headers through redirects, including authorization ones. A remote unauthenticated malicious user may gain access to credentials for a different server than they have access to.

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

• Reactor Netty
  • 0.8 versions prior to v0.8.11.RELEASE

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation or upgrade. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Reactor Netty
  • v0.8.11.RELEASE

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11284

History

2019-10-11: Initial vulnerability report published.