CVE-2020-7238

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

Netty 4.1.43.Final allows HTTP Request Smuggling because it mishandles Transfer-Encoding whitespace (such as a [space]Transfer-Encoding:chunked line) and a later Content-Length header. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-16869.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-7238

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-01-27T17:15:12

Last Modified Date
2021-05-27T16:21:24

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-444	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/444.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator
cpe:2.3:a:netty:netty:4.1.43:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_text-only_advisories:-:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_application_runtimes_text-only_advisories:-:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/jdordonezn/CVE-2020-72381/issues/1	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://netty.io/news/	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0497	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00018.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00017.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0601	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0606	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0605	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0567	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0804	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0805	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0811	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0806	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00003.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TS6VX7OMXPDJIU5LRGUAHRK6MENAVJ46/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4885	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc8d554aad889d12b140d9fd7d2d6fc2e8716e9792f6f4e4b2cdc2d05@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r131e572d003914843552fa45c4398b9903fb74144986e8b107c0a3a7@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7238
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-7238

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:14:32				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 10:12:24	2020-01-27T17:15Z	2020-01-27T17:15:12	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 10:12:24		2021-05-27T16:21:24	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 10:12:24		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated