Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-10241

medium Nessus Plugin ID 221806

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

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

- In Eclipse Jetty version 9.2.26 and older, 9.3.25 and older, and 9.4.15 and older, the server is vulnerable to XSS conditions if a remote client USES a specially formatted URL against the DefaultServlet or ResourceHandler that is configured for showing a Listing of directory contents. (CVE-2019-10241)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-10241

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-10241

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 221806

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2019_10241.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10241

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-ant, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-webapp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:jetty9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-proxy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-http, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-jmx, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-xml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-project, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-client, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-jsp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-websocket-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-jaspi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-jndi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-webapp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-jaspi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-websocket-parent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-jspc-maven-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-util, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-jaas, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-http, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-websocket-parent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-servlets, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-servlet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-plus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-start, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-websocket-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-websocket-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-security, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-maven-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-runner, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-rewrite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-servlet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-jsp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-util-ajax, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-util-ajax, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-rewrite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:jetty8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-jndi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-servlets, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:jetty, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-deploy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-websocket-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-project, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-javadoc, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-annotations, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-continuation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-proxy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-start, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-websocket-servlet, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-jspc-maven-plugin, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-jaas, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-websocket-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-security, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-io, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-io, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-util, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-runner, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-ant, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-continuation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-monitor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-xml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-deploy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-websocket-servlet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-annotations, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-websocket-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-jmx, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-plus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-monitor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-websocket-api, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-maven-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jetty-websocket-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:jetty-client

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10241