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    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 header. This issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2019-16869.

    Published:Jan 26, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jan 27, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.00685
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Netty
    Product
    Netty
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    A Mq Clients
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Amq Broker
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Amq Online
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Amq Streams
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Data Grid
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Application Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Cd
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Text-only Advisories
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Bpms Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Enterprise Brms Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Fuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Jboss Single Sign On
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Application Runtimes
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Application Runtimes Text-only Advisories
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Satellite
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Satellite Capsule

    Exploits

    https://github.com/jdordonezn/CVE-2020-72381/issues/1https://github.com/jdordonezn/CVE-2020-72381/issues/1

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-273 HTTP Response Smuggling
    CAPEC-33 HTTP Request Smuggling

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    References

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0497
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0567
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0601
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0605
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0606
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0804
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0805
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0806
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0811
    https://github.com/jdordonezn/CVE-2020-72381/issues/1
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r131e572d003914843552fa45c4398b9903fb74144986e8b107c0a3a7%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc8d554aad889d12b140d9fd7d2d6fc2e8716e9792f6f4e4b2cdc2d05%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00017.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00018.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00003.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TS6VX7OMXPDJIU5LRGUAHRK6MENAVJ46/
    https://netty.io/news/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4885
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0497
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0567
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0601
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0605
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0606
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0804
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0805
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0806
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0811
    https://github.com/jdordonezn/CVE-2020-72381/issues/1
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r131e572d003914843552fa45c4398b9903fb74144986e8b107c0a3a7%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc8d554aad889d12b140d9fd7d2d6fc2e8716e9792f6f4e4b2cdc2d05%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00017.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00018.html
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00003.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TS6VX7OMXPDJIU5LRGUAHRK6MENAVJ46/
    https://netty.io/news/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4885

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