HTTP Request Smuggling Affecting io.netty:netty-codec-http package, versions [,4.1.42.Final)
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- published 26 Sep 2019
- disclosed 26 Sep 2019
- credit axeBig
Introduced: 26 Sep 2019
CVE-2019-16869 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade io.netty:netty-codec-http to version 4.1.42.Final or higher.
Overview
io.netty:netty-codec-http is a network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to HTTP Request Smuggling. Netty mishandles whitespace before the colon in HTTP headers such as a Transfer-Encoding : chunked line. This can lead to HTTP request smuggling where an attacker can bypass security controls, gain unauthorized access to sensitive data, and directly compromise other application users.
Note:
io.netty:netty is deprecated. Users should update to io.netty:netty-all