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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11612

The ZlibDecoders in Netty 4.1.x before 4.1.46 allow for unbounded memory allocation while decoding a ZlibEncoded byte stream. An attacker could send a...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

The ZlibDecoders in Netty 4.1.x before 4.1.46 allow for unbounded memory allocation while decoding a ZlibEncoded byte stream. An attacker could send a large ZlibEncoded byte stream to the Netty server, forcing the server to allocate all of its free memory to a single decoder.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 netty

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:4.1.48-1"}]}]

Debian:13 netty

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:4.1.48-1"}]}]

Debian:14 netty

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:4.1.48-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org