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Netty CVE-2024-47535

MEDIUM
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2024-11-12 security-advisories@github.com
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: github
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Severity by source

Vendor (github) PRIMARY
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Primary rating from Vendor (github) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: github

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Nov 12, 2024 - 16:15 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.5

Blast Radius

ecosystem impact
† from your stack dependencies † transitive graph · vuln.today resolves 4-path depth
  • 7,332 maven packages depend on io.netty:netty-common (211 direct, 7,121 indirect)

Ecosystem-wide dependent count for version 4.1.115.Final.

DescriptionCVE.org

Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients. An unsafe reading of environment file could potentially cause a denial of service in Netty. When loaded on an Windows application, Netty attempts to load a file that does not exist. If an attacker creates such a large file, the Netty application crashes. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1.115.

AnalysisAI

Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. Netty is an asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients. An unsafe reading of environment file could potentially cause a denial of service in Netty. When loaded on an Windows application, Netty attempts to load a file that does not exist. If an attacker creates such a large file, the Netty application crashes. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.1.115. Affected products include: Netty.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.

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