RHSA-2021:3959 - Security Advisory

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.

Description

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.

Solution

Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link for the update. You must be logged in to download the update.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Openshift Application Runtimes Text-Only Advisories x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2004133 - CVE-2021-37136 netty-codec: Bzip2Decoder doesn't allow setting size restrictions for decompressed data
• BZ - 2004135 - CVE-2021-37137 netty-codec: SnappyFrameDecoder doesn't restrict chunk length and may buffer skippable chunks in an unnecessary way

CVEs

• CVE-2021-37136
• CVE-2021-37137

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html?downloadType=distributions&product=catRhoar.eclipse.vertx&version=4.1.5
• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_build_of_eclipse_vert.x/4.1/html/release_notes_for_eclipse_vert.x_4.1/index