CVE-2016-4970
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-835
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
handler/ssl/OpenSslEngine.java in Netty 4.0.x before 4.0.37.Final and 4.1.x before 4.1.1.Final allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)11%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/5364 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/5364Patch
- http://netty.io/news/2016/06/07/4-0-37-Final.htmlAdvisory
- http://netty.io/news/2016/06/07/4-1-1-Final.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1097.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96540Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343616Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/afaa5860e3a6d327eb96c3d82cbd2f5996de815a16854ed1ad310144%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E