CVE-2020-11612
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Resource exhaustion
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
The ZlibDecoders in Netty 4.1.x before 4.1.46 allow for unbounded memory allocation while decoding a ZlibEncoded byte stream. An attacker could send a large ZlibEncoded byte stream to the Netty server, forcing the server to allocate all of its free memory to a single decoder.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)9%
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/compare/netty-4.1.45.Final...netty-4.1.46.Final ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/netty/netty/compare/netty-4.1.45.Final...netty-4.1.46.FinalPatch
- https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/9924Patch
- https://github.com/netty/netty/issues/6168Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r14446ed58208cb6d97b6faa6ebf145f1cf2c70c0886c0c133f4d3b6f%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r255ed239e65d0596812362adc474bee96caf7ba042c7ad2f3c62cec7%40%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r281882fdf9ea89aac02fd2f92786693a956aac2ce9840cce87c7df6b%40%3Ccommits.zookeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2958e4d49ee046e1e561e44fdc114a0d2285927501880f15852a9b53%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r31424427cc6d7db46beac481bdeed9a823fc20bb1b9deede38557f71%40%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E