CVE-2015-2156

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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 F

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.03271

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

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Affected Products & Versions

netty<= 3.9.7
nettyall versions
lightbend play frameworkall versions

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

Maven io.netty:netty HIGH fixed in 3.10.3.Final

Maven io.netty:netty-parent HIGH fixed in 4.0.28.Final

Maven org.jboss.netty:netty HIGH fixed in 3.9.8.Final

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD18 Oct 2017 · 03:29 PM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159379.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/159166.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://netty.io/news/2015/05/08/3-9-8-Final-and-3.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/17/1Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74704Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222923Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/3754Third Party Advisory

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-HttpOnlyBypassThird Party Advisory

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