USN-7284-1: Netty vulnerabilities

Publication date

24 February 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Netty.


Packages

  • netty - Java NIO client/server socket framework

Details

Jonathan Leitschuh discovered that Netty did not correctly handle file
permissions when writing temporary files. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to leak sensitive information. (CVE-2022-24823)

It was discovered that Netty did not correctly handle limiting the number
of fields when decoding a HTTP request. An attacker could possibly use
issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29025)

Jonathan Leitschuh discovered that Netty did not correctly handle file
permissions when writing temporary files. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to leak sensitive information. (CVE-2022-24823)

It was discovered that Netty did not correctly handle limiting the number
of fields when decoding a HTTP request. An attacker could possibly use
issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-29025)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.10 oracular libnetty-java –  1:4.1.48-10ubuntu0.1
24.04 noble libnetty-java –  1:4.1.48-9ubuntu0.1~esm1  
22.04 jammy libnetty-java –  1:4.1.48-4+deb11u2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 focal libnetty-java –  1:4.1.45-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  
18.04 bionic libnetty-java –  1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm3  
16.04 xenial libnetty-java –  1:4.0.34-1ubuntu0.1~esm2  

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