# CVE-2015-2156: 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

- Also known as: GHSA-XFV3-RRFM-F2RV
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0.28.Final, 3.9.8.Final, 3.10.3.Final
- Published: 2017-10-18 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- io.netty:netty-parent (Maven): from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.28.Final
- org.jboss.netty:netty (Maven): fixed in 3.9.8.Final
- org.jboss.netty:netty (Maven): from 3.10.0, fixed in 3.10.3.Final
- io.netty:netty (Maven): from 3.10.0, fixed in 3.10.3.Final
- io.netty:netty (Maven): fixed in 3.9.8.Final

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, io.netty:netty-parent, org.jboss.netty:netty or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.28.Final, 3.9.8.Final, 3.10.3.Final) per the references below.
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## References

- http://netty.io/news/2015/05/08/3-9-8-Final-and-3.html
- https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2015-2156-HttpOnlyBypass
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/159379.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222923
- https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/3754
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/159166.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74704
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/17/1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a19bb1003b0d6cd22475ba83c019b4fc7facfef2a9e13f71132529d3%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/dc1275aef115bda172851a231c76c0932d973f9ffd8bc375c4aba769%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E

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