Insecure Defaults Affecting io.netty:netty-handler package, versions [,4.0.45.Final) [4.1.0.Beta1,4.1.9.Final)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-IONETTY-31515
  • published 20 Sep 2017
  • disclosed 16 Feb 2017
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade netty to versions 4.0.45, 4.1.9 or higher.

Overview

io.netty:netty is a NIO client server framework which enables quick and easy development of network applications such as protocol servers and clients.

Affected version of this package did not properly ensure that the certificate is actually associated with that host.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None