CVE-2020-11612

Summary

CVECVE-2020-11612
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-07 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:14:00 UTC
DescriptionThe ZlibDecoders in Netty 4.1.x before 4.1.46 allow for unbounded memory allocation while decoding a ZlibEncoded byte stream. An attacker could send a large ZlibEncoded byte stream to the Netty server, forcing the server to allocate all of its free memory to a single decoder.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Api Services - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Api Services - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Insight - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Insight - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation - All All All
Application Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation - All All All
Application Netty Netty All All All All
Application Netty Netty All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Brm - Elastic Charging Engine 12.0.0.3 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Service Communication Proxy 1.5.2 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Design Studio 7.4.2 All All All
Operating System Oracle Communications Messaging Server 8.1 All All All
Application Oracle Nosql Database All All All All
Application Oracle Siebel Core - Server Framework All All All All
Application Oracle Webcenter Portal 12.2.1.3.0 All All All
Application Oracle Webcenter Portal 12.2.1.4.0 All All All

References

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Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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Compression/Decompression Codecs should enforce memory allocation size limits · Issue #6168 · netty/netty · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
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[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: netty-4.1.51-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4885-1 netty DEBIAN www.debian.org
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Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
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Comparing netty-4.1.45.Final...netty-4.1.46.Final · netty/netty · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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Allow a limit to be set on the decompressed buffer size for ZlibDecoders by rdicroce · Pull Request #9924 · netty/netty · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE-2020-11612 Apache Netty Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
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Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2021 MISC www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178527 Debian Security Update for netty (DSA 4885-1)
  • 199574 Ubuntu Security Notification for Netty Vulnerabilities (USN-6049-1)
  • 20269 IBM DB2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (6466365)
  • 239228 Red Hat Update for Satellite 6.9 (RHSA-2021:1313)
  • 982253 Java (maven) Security Update for io.netty:netty-handler (GHSA-mm9x-g8pc-w292)
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