Security Bulletin
Summary
Netty is a dependency component shipped with the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Transport Module Common Integration Library for Message Bus Integration. Information about security vulnerabilities affecting Netty has been published. (CVE-2019-20445, CVE-2019-20444)
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2019-20445
DESCRIPTION: Netty could provide weaker than expected security, caused by non-proper handling of Content-Length and Transfer-Encoding in the HttpObjectDecoder.java. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175486 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2019-20444
DESCRIPTION: Netty is vulnerable to HTTP request smuggling, caused by a flaw in the HttpObjectDecoder.java. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to poison the web cache, bypass web application firewall protection, and conduct XSS attacks.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175487 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Integration - Transport Module Common Integration Library | common-transportmodule-12_0 up to and including common-transportmodule-23_0 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Updated Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Integration - Transport Module Common Integration Library | common-transportmodule-24_0 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
19 Mar 2020: Initial Publication
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
20 March 2020
Initial Publish date:
19 March 2020
UID
ibm16113458