CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-4970

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Apr 13, 2017 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
3.7 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

handler/ssl/OpenSslEngine.java in Netty 4.0.x before 4.0.37.Final and 4.1.x before 4.1.1.Final allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop).

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Netty Netty 4.0.20 (including) 4.0.37 (excluding)
Netty Netty 4.1.0 (including) 4.1.1 (excluding)
Red Hat Fuse 7.7.0 RedHat netty *
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3 RedHat *
Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7.1 RedHat *
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3 RedHat *
Netty Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Netty Ubuntu upstream *
Netty Ubuntu xenial *

References