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CVE-2021-21295
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Date: March 9, 2021
Netty is an open-source, asynchronous event-driven network application framework for rapid development of maintainable high performance protocol servers & clients. In Netty (io.netty:netty-codec-http2) before version 4.1.60.Final there is a vulnerability that enables request smuggling. If a Content-Length header is present in the original HTTP/2 request, the field is not validated by "Http2MultiplexHandler" as it is propagated up. This is fine as long as the request is not proxied through as HTTP/1.1. If the request comes in as an HTTP/2 stream, gets converted into the HTTP/1.1 domain objects ("HttpRequest", "HttpContent", etc.) via "Http2StreamFrameToHttpObjectCodec "and then sent up to the child channel's pipeline and proxied through a remote peer as HTTP/1.1 this may result in request smuggling. In a proxy case, users may assume the content-length is validated somehow, which is not the case. If the request is forwarded to a backend channel that is a HTTP/1.1 connection, the Content-Length now has meaning and needs to be checked. An attacker can smuggle requests inside the body as it gets downgraded from HTTP/2 to HTTP/1.1. For an example attack refer to the linked GitHub Advisory. Users are only affected if all of this is true: "HTTP2MultiplexCodec" or "Http2FrameCodec" is used, "Http2StreamFrameToHttpObjectCodec" is used to convert to HTTP/1.1 objects, and these HTTP/1.1 objects are forwarded to another remote peer. This has been patched in 4.1.60.Final As a workaround, the user can do the validation by themselves by implementing a custom "ChannelInboundHandler" that is put in the "ChannelPipeline" behind "Http2StreamFrameToHttpObjectCodec".
Language: Java
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Weakness Type (CWE)
Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request/Response Smuggling')
CWE-444Top Fix
Upgrade Version
Upgrade to version io.netty:netty-codec-http2:4.1.60.Final;io.netty:netty-codec-http2:4.1.61.Final
CVSS v3.1
| Base Score: |
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| Attack Vector (AV): | NETWORK |
| Attack Complexity (AC): | HIGH |
| Privileges Required (PR): | NONE |
| User Interaction (UI): | NONE |
| Scope (S): | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality (C): | NONE |
| Integrity (I): | HIGH |
| Availability (A): | NONE |
CVSS v2
| Base Score: |
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| Access Vector (AV): | NETWORK |
| Access Complexity (AC): | HIGH |
| Authentication (AU): | NONE |
| Confidentiality (C): | NONE |
| Integrity (I): | PARTIAL |
| Availability (A): | NONE |
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