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CVE-2021-37136GHSA-GRG4-WF29-R9VV

The Bzip2 decompression decoder function doesn't allow setting size restrictions on the decompressed output data (which affects the allocati

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.1.68Final, 4.1.68.Final
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The Bzip2 decompression decoder function doesn't allow setting size restrictions on the decompressed output data (which affects the allocation size used during decompression). All users of Bzip2Decoder are affected. The malicious input can trigger an OOME and so a DoS attack

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • The Netty project Netty

    From unspecified · fixed in 4.1.68Final

  • io.netty:netty-codecMaven

    fixed in 4.1.68.Final

  • org.jboss.netty:nettyMaven

    All versions

  • io.netty:nettyMaven

    All versions

References 13

GitHub · netty/netty

lists.apache.org

oracle.com

security.netapp.com

lists.debian.org

debian.org