CVE-2016-4970

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4970
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-13 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:32:00 UTC
Descriptionhandler/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).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Cassandra 3.11.4 All All All
Application Apache Cassandra 3.11.4 All All All
Application Netty Netty All All All All
Application Netty Netty All All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Data Grid 7.1 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Data Grid 7.1 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Middleware Text-only Advisories 1.0 All All All
Application Redhat Jboss Middleware Text-only Advisories 1.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
IBM Development Package for Apache Spark CVE-2016-4970 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
OpenSslEngine writePlaintextData WANT_READ with no data in BIO buffer by Scottmitch · Pull Request #5364 · netty/netty · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisories - OpenDaylight Project CONFIRM wiki.opendaylight.org Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Netty.news: Netty 4.0.37.Final released CONFIRM netty.io Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
1343616 – (CVE-2016-4970) CVE-2016-4970 netty: Infinite loop vulnerability when handling renegotiation using SslProvider.OpenSsl CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Netty.news: Netty 4.1.1.Final released CONFIRM netty.io Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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