UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2156

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2156

    Published: 18 Oct 2017Last Modified: 8 Jun 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-2156

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2156, http://netty.io/news/2015/05/08/3-9-8-Final-and-3.html, https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2015-2156-HttpOnlyBypass, http://engineering.linkedin.com/security/look-netty%E2%80%99s-recent-security-update-cve%C2%AD-2015%C2%AD-2156, https://github.com/slandelle/netty/commit/800555417e77029dcf8a31d7de44f27b5a8f79b8, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2156

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: netty

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/netty?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1:3.2.6.Final-2
    1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1~esm1
    1:3.2.6.Final-2+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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