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CVE

CVE-2021-37137

SnappyFrameDecoder doesn't restrict chunk length any may buffer skippable chunks in an unnecessary way

Description

Impact

The Snappy frame decoder function doesn't restrict the chunk length which may lead to excessive memory usage. Beside this it also may buffer reserved skippable chunks until the whole chunk was received which may lead to excessive memory usage as well.

This vulnerability can be triggered by supplying malicious input that decompresses to a very big size (via a network stream or a file) or by sending a huge skippable chunk.

Impact

All users of SnappyFrameDecoder are affected and so the application may be in risk for a DoS attach due excessive memory usage.

References

https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/netty-4.1.67.Final/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/compression/SnappyFrameDecoder.java#L79

https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/netty-4.1.67.Final/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/compression/SnappyFrameDecoder.java#L171

https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/netty-4.1.67.Final/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/compression/SnappyFrameDecoder.java#L185

Base CVSS

7.5

EPSS Score

0.52%

Introduced Version

Fix Available

4.1.68.Final

Fix without Upgrading

Available Patches

Package

CVEs Fixed

Lines of Code Changed

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220210-0012

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75490c61c2cb7b6ae2c81238fd52ae13636c60435abcd732d41531a0@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E

https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5316

https://github.com/netty/netty

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37137

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r06a145c9bd41a7344da242cef07977b24abe3349161ede948e30913d@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E

https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/4.1/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/compression/SnappyFrameDecoder.java#L185

https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/4.1/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/compression/SnappyFrameDecoder.java#L171

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5e05eba32476c580412f9fbdfc9b8782d5b40558018ac4ac07192a04@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E

https://github.com/netty/netty/blob/4.1/codec/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/compression/SnappyFrameDecoder.java#L79

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00008.html

https://github.com/netty/netty/commit/6da4956b31023ae967451e1d94ff51a746a9194f

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb2bf8597e53364ccab212fbcbb2a4e9f0a9e1429b1dc08023c6868e@%3Cdev.tinkerpop.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd262f59b1586a108e320e5c966feeafbb1b8cdc96965debc7cc10b16@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5406eaf3b07577d233b9f07cfc8f26e28369e6bab5edfcab41f28abb@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E

https://github.com/netty/netty/security/advisories/GHSA-9vjp-v76f-g363

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

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