CVE-2016-4970 (High) detected in netty-all-4.0.21.Final.jar

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CVE-2016-4970 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - netty-all-4.0.21.Final.jar

Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers and clients.

Library home page: http://netty.io/netty-all/

Path to dependency file: /tmp/ws-scm/robotframework-seleniumlibrary-java/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /root/.m2/repository/io/netty/netty-all/4.0.21.Final/netty-all-4.0.21.Final.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• selendroid-client-0.17.0.jar (Root Library)
  • selendroid-server-common-0.17.0.jar
    • :x: netty-all-4.0.21.Final.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: f8ae4f5c1a10993085551488fc1ef8ce2222b7fb

Vulnerability Details

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).

Publish Date: 2017-04-13

URL: CVE-2016-4970

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4970

Release Date: 2017-04-13

Fix Resolution: io.netty:netty-all:4.0.37.Final,4.1.1.Final,io.netty:netty-handler:4.0.37.Final,4.1.1.Final

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