CVE-2019-16869 (High) detected in netty-codec-http-4.1.38.Final.jar

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CVE-2019-16869 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - netty-codec-http-4.1.38.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: https://netty.io/

Path to dependency file: /chaincode/simple/java/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/io.netty/netty-codec-http/4.1.38.Final/4d55b3cdb74cd140d262de96987ebd369125a64c/netty-codec-http-4.1.38.Final.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - fabric-chaincode-shim-1.4.8.jar (Root Library) - fabric-chaincode-protos-1.4.8.jar - grpc-netty-1.23.0.jar - netty-codec-http2-4.1.38.Final.jar - :x: **netty-codec-http-4.1.38.Final.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 655167764fcdebd1047d2f63249a7596884c4b03

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

Netty before 4.1.42.Final mishandles whitespace before the colon in HTTP headers (such as a "Transfer-Encoding : chunked" line), which leads to HTTP request smuggling.

Publish Date: 2019-09-26

URL: CVE-2019-16869

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: High - Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16869

Release Date: 2019-09-26

Fix Resolution (io.netty:netty-codec-http): 4.1.42.Final

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.hyperledger.fabric-chaincode-java:fabric-chaincode-shim): 2.0.0

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