Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package netty.src (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published29 Jan 2026
- disclosed9 May 2015
Introduced: 9 May 2015
CVE-2015-2156 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream netty.src package and not the netty.src package as distributed by RHEL.
Netty before 3.9.8.Final, 3.10.x before 3.10.3.Final, 4.0.x before 4.0.28.Final, and 4.1.x before 4.1.0.Beta5 and Play Framework 2.x before 2.3.9 might allow remote attackers to bypass the httpOnly flag on cookies and obtain sensitive information by leveraging improper validation of cookie name and value characters.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222923
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2156
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a19bb1003b0d6cd22475ba83c019b4fc7facfef2a9e13f71132529d3@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dc1275aef115bda172851a231c76c0932d973f9ffd8bc375c4aba769@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159379.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/159166.html
- http://netty.io/news/2015/05/08/3-9-8-Final-and-3.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/17/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74704
- https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/3754
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a19bb1003b0d6cd22475ba83c019b4fc7facfef2a9e13f71132529d3%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dc1275aef115bda172851a231c76c0932d973f9ffd8bc375c4aba769%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2015-2156-HttpOnlyBypass