Vulnerability in Netty (CVE-2015-2156)
Summary
Vulnerability in Netty (CVE-2015-2156). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Netty before 3.9.8.Final, 3.10.x before 3.10.3.Final, 4.0.x before 4.0.28.Final, and 4.1.x before 4.1.0.Beta5 and Play Framework 2.x before 2.3.9 might allow remote attackers to bypass the httpOnly flag on cookies and obtain sensitive information by leveraging improper validation of cookie name and value characters.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2015-2156 has been found in Netty.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Netty CVE-2015-2156" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2015-2156 (Netty) — CWE-20 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-20) exists in Netty.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Netty.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Netty' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Netty' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Nettyを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2156 netty Fixed in: 1:4.0.31-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2156 netty
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web netty.io
- web openwall.com
- web securityfocus.com
- web bugzilla.redhat.com
- web github.com
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web playframework.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web lists.apache.org
- web snyk.io