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GHSA-3f57-w2rp-72fc CVE-2016-7046

Undertow Uncaught Exception vulnerability

Medium Maven
Severity
5.9 / 10
Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploit chance (EPSS)
2.48%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 84.58% of scored vulnerabilities.
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-248 Uncaught Exception
Fix
1.4.3.Final
Upgrade io.undertow:undertow-core to this version or later

Description

A long URL proxy request lead to java.nio.BufferOverflowException in Undertow.

Affected versions

Maven

PackageVulnerableFixed in
io.undertow:undertow-core
>= 1.4.0, < 1.4.3.Final
1.4.3.Final
io.undertow:undertow-core
< 1.3.25.Final
1.3.25.Final

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

io.undertow:undertow-core Maven → 1.4.3.Final

maven
<dependency><groupId>io.undertow</groupId><artifactId>undertow-core</artifactId><version>1.4.3.Final</version></dependency>
gradle
implementation("io.undertow:undertow-core:1.4.3.Final")

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.0 5.9

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Weakness

CWE-248: Uncaught Exception

An exception is thrown from a function, but it is not caught.

References

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Last updated by the source
  3. Latest EPSS score
AdvisorySeverityWhy it's related
GHSA-3x3v-w654-m28m
Undertow: Denial of Service via Multipart/Form-Data Parsing on HTTP GET Requests
Medium Also affects io.undertow:undertow-core
GHSA-33hj-rcmx-86mv
Undertow Servlets Vulnerable to Remote DoS via OutOfMemoryError when Passed Large Parameter Names
High Also affects io.undertow:undertow-core
GHSA-j382-5jj3-vw4j
Undertow HTTP server core doesn't properly validate the Host header in incoming HTTP requests
Critical Also affects io.undertow:undertow-core
GHSA-6h4f-pj3g-q8fq
Undertow OutOfMemory when parsing form data encoding with application/x-www-form-urlencoded
High Also affects io.undertow:undertow-core
GHSA-95h4-w6j8-2rp8
Undertow MadeYouReset HTTP/2 DDoS Vulnerability
High Also affects io.undertow:undertow-core
GHSA-3jrv-jgp8-45v3
Undertow incorrectly parses cookies
High Also affects io.undertow:undertow-core
GHSA-97cq-f4jm-mv8h
Undertow Denial of Service vulnerability
High Also affects io.undertow:undertow-core
GHSA-9623-mqmm-5rcf
Undertow vulnerable to Race Condition
High Also affects io.undertow:undertow-core
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