CVE-2019-16869: Reactor Netty Consumes a Vulnerable Version of Netty
Severity
High
Vendor
Pivotal
Description
Reactor Netty, versions 0.8.x prior to 0.8.13 and 0.9.x prior to 0.9.1, depends on vulnerable versions of netty (versions prior to 4.1.42), which incorrectly handles whitespace before a colon in headers, leading to HTTP request smuggling attacks.
Affected VMware Products and Versions
Severity is high unless otherwise noted.
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Reactor Netty
- 0.8 versions prior to 0.8.13.RELEASE
- 0.9 versions prior to 0.9.1.RELEASE
Mitigation
Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation or upgrade. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
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Reactor Netty
- v0.9.1.RELEASE
- v0.8.13.RELEASE
References
- https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2019-16869
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=cve-2019-16869
History
2019-10-28: Initial vulnerability report published.