CVE-2016-4970
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition in Netty
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:4.0.37-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:4.0.37-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:4.0.37-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:4.0.37-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:4.0.37-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | io.netty:netty-handler | >=4.0.0.Alpha1,<4.0.37.Final | 4.0.37.Final |
| Maven | io.netty:netty-handler | >=4.1.0.Beta1,<4.1.1.Final | 4.1.1.Final |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| netty | netty | {"startIncluding":"4.0.20","endExcluding":"4.0.37"} | 4.0.37 |
| redhat | jboss_data_grid | 7.1 | |
| redhat | jboss_middleware_text-only_advisories | 1.0 | |
| apache | cassandra | 3.11.4 | |
References
- http://netty.io/news/2016/06/07/4-0-37-Final.html
- http://netty.io/news/2016/06/07/4-1-1-Final.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1097.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96540
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343616
- https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/5364
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/afaa5860e3a6d327eb96c3d82cbd2f5996de815a16854ed1ad310144%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Security_Advisories
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4970
- https://github.com/netty/netty
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/afaa5860e3a6d327eb96c3d82cbd2f5996de815a16854ed1ad310144@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4970
CWEs
CWE-835
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.