Jetty PushSessionCacheFilter can be exploited by unauthenticated users to launch remote DoS attacks by exhausting the server’s memory.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Jetty PushSessionCacheFilter can be exploited by unauthenticated users to launch remote DoS attacks by     exhausting the server's memory. (CVE-2024-6762)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5894 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5894-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                          Markus Koschany     April 05, 2025                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : jetty9     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-6762 CVE-2024-8184 CVE-2024-9823     Debian Bug     : 1085697

    Jetty 9 is a Java based web server and servlet engine. Several security     vulnerabilities have been discovered which may allow remote attackers to cause     a denial of service by repeatedly sending crafted requests which can trigger     OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory.

    CVE-2024-6762: In addition PushSessionCacheFilter and PushCacheFilter have been     deprecated. These classes should no longer be used in a production environment.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in     version 9.4.57-0+deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your jetty9 packages.

    For the detailed security status of jetty9 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/jetty9

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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

  - Jetty PushSessionCacheFilter can be exploited by unauthenticated users to launch remote DoS attacks by
    exhausting the server’s memory. (CVE-2024-6762)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
250621	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-6762	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
233875	Debian dsa-5894 : jetty9 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	medium
418566	SCA: security update for org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets (GHSA-r7m4-f9h5-gr79)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	low
418566	SCA: security update for org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets (GHSA-r7m4-f9h5-gr79)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	low

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