CVE-2021-21409

Possible request smuggling in HTTP/2 due missing validation of content-length

Description

Netty is an open-source, asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients. In Netty (io.netty:netty-codec-http2) before version 4.1.61.Final there is a vulnerability that enables request smuggling. The content-length header is not correctly validated if the request only uses a single Http2HeaderFrame with the endStream set to to true. This could lead to request smuggling if the request is proxied to a remote peer and translated to HTTP/1.1. This is a followup of GHSA-wm47-8v5p-wjpj/CVE-2021-21295 which did miss to fix this one case. This was fixed as part of 4.1.61.Final.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.98% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: netty netty
Published at:
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References

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https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-f256-j965-7f32 third party advisory
https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-wm47-8v5p-wjpj third party advisory
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21295 third party advisory
https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/b0fa4d5aab4215f3c22ce6123dd8dd5f38dc0432 third party advisory patch
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4885 third party advisory vendor advisory
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-21409?
CVE-2021-21409 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-21409?
To fix CVE-2021-21409, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-21409 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2021-21409 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2021-21409?
CVE-2021-21409 affects netty netty.
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