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Debian: DSA-4600-1 Urgent: Netty HTTP Request Handling Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey January 3, 2020
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The recent Debian security alert DSA-4598-2 highlights a severe vulnerability in the OpenSSL library, recommending users to upgrade without delay.
It was reported that Netty, a Java NIO client/server framework, is prone to a HTTP request smuggling vulnerability due to mishandling whitespace before the colon in HTTP headers

Summary

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:4.1.7-2+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:4.1.33-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your netty packages.

For the detailed security status of netty please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/netty

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: netty
CVE ID: CVE-2019-16869

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