RHSA-2021:3959

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2021-11-10 16:40 - Updated: 2026-11-05 04:21
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat build of Eclipse Vert.x 4.1.5 security update
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Topic: An update is now available for Red Hat build of Eclipse Vert.x. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability. For more information, see the CVE pages listed in the References section.
Details: This release of Red Hat build of Eclipse Vert.x 4.1.5 includes security updates, bug fixes, and enhancements. For more information, see the release notes listed in the References section. Security Fix(es): * netty-codec: Bzip2Decoder doesn't allow setting size restrictions for decompressed data (CVE-2021-37136) * netty-codec: SnappyFrameDecoder doesn't restrict chunk length and may buffer skippable chunks in an unnecessary way (CVE-2021-37137) For more details about the security issues and their impact, the CVSS score, acknowledgements, and other related information, see the CVE pages listed in the References section.
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CVE-2021-37136

A flaw was found in Netty's netty-codec due to size restrictions for decompressed data in the Bzip2Decoder. By sending a specially-crafted input, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service.

7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Vert.x 4.1.5
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes
 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_application_runtimes:1.0 —
Vendor Fix fix
Threats
Impact Moderate
CVE-2021-37137

A flaw was found in the Netty's netty-codec due to unrestricted chunk lengths in the SnappyFrameDecoder. By sending a specially-crafted input, a remote attacker could cause excessive memory usage resulting in a denial of service.

7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Affected products
Fixed 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2021-37136
Threats
Impact Moderate
References
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