MGASA-2021-0039 - Updated resteasy packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 17 Jan 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0039.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-1695

A flaw was found in Resteasy, where an improper input validation results in
returning an illegal header that integrates into the server's response. This
flaw may result in an injection, which leads to unexpected behavior when the
HTTP response is constructed (CVE-2020-1695).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27794
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/IJDMT443YZWCBS5NS76XZ7TL3GK7BXHL/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1695

SRPMS:
- 7/core/resteasy-3.0.26-2.mga7

Mageia 2021-0039: resteasy security update

A flaw was found in Resteasy, where an improper input validation results in returning an illegal header that integrates into the server's response

Summary

A flaw was found in Resteasy, where an improper input validation results in returning an illegal header that integrates into the server's response. This flaw may result in an injection, which leads to unexpected behavior when the HTTP response is constructed (CVE-2020-1695).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27794

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/IJDMT443YZWCBS5NS76XZ7TL3GK7BXHL/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1695

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0039 - Updated resteasy packages fix a security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/resteasy-3.0.26-2.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 17 Jan 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0039.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-1695

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