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ubuntu-cve-2016-4970

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-04-13 14:59

Modified

2026-06-08 16:06

Summary

Details

handler/ssl/OpenSslEngine.java in Netty 4.0.x before 4.0.37.Final and 4.1.x before 4.1.1.Final allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4970	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4970	REPORT

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CVE-2016-4970 (GCVE-0-2016-4970)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-13 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:46

Summary

handler/ssl/OpenSslEngine.java in Netty 4.0.x before 4.0.37.Final and 4.1.x before 4.1.1.Final allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

9 references

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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1097.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://netty.io/news/2016/06/07/4-1-1-Final.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96540	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://github.com/netty/netty/pull/5364	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Security_Advisories	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://netty.io/news/2016/06/07/4-0-37-Final.html	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1343616	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/afaa5860e3a6…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Date Public

2016-06-07 00:00

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Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2016-4970 (GCVE-0-2016-4970)

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