High severity · published Jan 27, 2020
CVE-2020-7238
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…
7.5
CVSS
3.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.6% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
33 · source: NVD
JE
Jboss Enterprise Application Platform · Redhat
7.2; 7.3; 7.4 · source: NVD
JE
Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Text-only Advisories · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
NE
Netty · Netty
4.1.43 · source: NVD
OA
Openshift Application Runtimes Text-only Advisories · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7238
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7238
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0497
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0567
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0601
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0605
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0606
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0804
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