CVE-2019-11284 (High) detected in reactor-netty-0.8.6.RELEASE.jar

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CVE-2019-11284 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - reactor-netty-0.8.6.RELEASE.jar

Reactive Streams Netty driver

Library home page: https://github.com/reactor/reactor-netty

Path to dependency file: /spring-distributed-tracing/admin-server/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /root/.m2/repository/io/projectreactor/netty/reactor-netty/0.8.6.RELEASE/reactor-netty-0.8.6.RELEASE.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-boot-admin-starter-server-2.1.4.jar (Root Library)
  • spring-boot-admin-server-2.1.4.jar
    • spring-boot-starter-webflux-2.1.4.RELEASE.jar
      • spring-boot-starter-reactor-netty-2.1.4.RELEASE.jar
        • ❌ reactor-netty-0.8.6.RELEASE.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Pivotal Reactor Netty, versions prior to 0.8.11, passes headers through redirects, including authorization ones. A remote unauthenticated malicious user may gain access to credentials for a different server than they have access to.

Publish Date: 2019-10-17

URL: CVE-2019-11284

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.6)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Changed
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11284

Release Date: 2019-10-17

Fix Resolution (io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty): 0.8.11.RELEASE

Direct dependency fix Resolution (de.codecentric:spring-boot-admin-starter-server): 2.2.0

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