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SCA: security update for io.netty:netty-handler (GHSA-9959-6p3m-wxpc)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413156

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The SslHandler in Netty before 3.9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop
 and CPU consumption) via a crafted SSLv2Hello message. (CVE-2014-3488)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9959-6p3m-wxpc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413156

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3488

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3488

BID: 68999

cwe: CWE-119