CVE-2015-2156

Summary

CVECVE-2015-2156
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-18 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionNetty 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0 rc3 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0 rc4 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0 rc5 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.2 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.2 rc1 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.2 rc2 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.3 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.3 rc1 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.3 rc2 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.4 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.4 rc1 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.4 rc2 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.5 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.5 rc1 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.5 rc2 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.6 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.7 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.0.8 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.1.0 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.1.1 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.1.1 rc1 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.2.0 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.2.1 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.2.2 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.2.6 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.0 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.0 rc1 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.0 rc2 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.1 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.2 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.2 rc1 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.2 rc2 All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.3 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.4 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.5 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.6 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.7 All All All
Application Lightbend Play Framework 2.3.8 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.10.0 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.10.1 All All All
Application Netty Netty 3.10.2 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.0 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.1 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.10 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.11 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.12 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.13 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.14 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.15 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.16 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.17 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.18 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.19 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.2 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.20 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.21 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.22 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.23 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.24 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.25 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.26 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.27 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.3 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.4 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.5 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.6 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.7 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.8 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.0.9 All All All
Application Netty Netty 4.1.0 beta1 All All
Application Netty Netty 4.1.0 beta2 All All
Application Netty Netty 4.1.0 beta3 All All
Application Netty Netty 4.1.0 beta4 All All
Application Netty Netty All All All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.0 All All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.0 beta All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.0.1 All All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.1 2.9.x-backport All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.1 rc1-2.9.x-backport All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.1 rc2 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.2 All All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.2 rc1 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.2 rc2 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.3 All All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.3 rc1 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.3 rc2 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.4 All All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.4 rc1 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.4 rc2 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.5 All All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.6 All All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.1.6 rc1 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.0 m1 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.0 m2 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.0 m3 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.0 rc2 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.1 rc1 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.2 rc1 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.2 rc2 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.2 rc3 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.2 rc4 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.3 All All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.3 rc1 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.3 rc2 All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.4 All All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.2.5 All All All
Application Playframework Play Framework 2.3 m1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1222923 – (CVE-2015-2156) CVE-2015-2156 netty: HttpOnly cookie bypass af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
oss-security - Netty/Play's Security Updates (CVE­-2015­-2156) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Netty and Play Framework CVE-2015-2156 Session Hijacking Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Validate cookie name and value characters by slandelle · Pull Request #3754 · netty/netty · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: netty-4.0.28-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: netty-4.0.28-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Netty.news: Netty 3.9.8.Final and 3.10.3.Final released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 netty.io Vendor Advisory
Play Framework Security Advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.playframework.com Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 980761 Java (maven) Security Update for io.netty:netty-handler (GHSA-xfv3-rrfm-f2rv)
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