CVE-2019-20445 (High, reachable) detected in netty-codec-http-4.1.13.Final.jar - autoclosed

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CVE-2019-20445 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - netty-codec-http-4.1.13.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/

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /Users/alexmaybaum/.m2/repository/io/netty/netty-codec-http/4.1.13.Final/netty-codec-http-4.1.13.Final.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - transport-5.6.4.jar (Root Library) - transport-netty4-client-5.6.4.jar - :x: **netty-codec-http-4.1.13.Final.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 9c6901108cf0138889fa46846fabfcb78828d070

Found in base branch: vp-rem

Reachability Analysis(Reachable)

This vulnerability is potentially used ``` com.visualpathit.account.utils.ElasticsearchUtil (Application) -> org.elasticsearch.transport.client.PreBuiltTransportClient (Extension) -> org.elasticsearch.transport.Netty4Plugin (Extension) -> org.elasticsearch.http.netty4.Netty4HttpServerTransport (Extension) -> org.elasticsearch.http.netty4.Netty4HttpServerTransport$HttpChannelHandler (Extension) -> io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpRequestDecoder (Extension) -> ❌ io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpObjectDecoder (Vulnerable Component) ```

Vulnerability Details

HttpObjectDecoder.java in Netty before 4.1.44 allows a Content-Length header to be accompanied by a second Content-Length header, or by a Transfer-Encoding header.

Publish Date: 2020-01-29

URL: CVE-2019-20445

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.1)

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

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Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-20445

Release Date: 2020-01-29

Fix Resolution: io.netty:netty-codec-http:4.1.44

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:heavy_check_mark: This issue was automatically closed by Mend because the vulnerable library in the specific branch(es) was either marked as ignored or it is no longer part of the Mend inventory.