Jetty 9.4.6 < 9.4.37 Denial of Service

medium Web App Scanning Plugin ID 112996

Synopsis

Jetty 9.4.6 < 9.4.37 Denial of Service

Description

The version of Jetty installed on the remote host handles a request containing request headers with a large number of quality (i.e. q) parameters, the server may enter a denial of service (DoS) state due to high CPU usage. Note that the scanner has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Jetty version 9.4.37 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-m394-8rww-3jr7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 112996

Type: remote

Published: 10/4/2021

Updated: 3/14/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27223

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27223

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27223