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jetty/jetty.project · Security

Eclipse Jetty's ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote() vulnerable to remote DoS attacks

GHSA ID
GHSA-g8m5-722r-8whq
CVE ID
CVE-2024-8184
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS
5.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3
5.9 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Impact

Remote DOS attack can cause out of memory

Description

There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote() which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service (DoS) attack. By repeatedly sending crafted requests, attackers can trigger OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory.

Affected Versions

  • Jetty 12.0.0-12.0.8 (Supported)
  • Jetty 11.0.0-11.0.23 (EOL)
  • Jetty 10.0.0-10.0.23 (EOL)
  • Jetty 9.3.12-9.4.55 (EOL)

Patched Versions

  • Jetty 12.0.9
  • Jetty 11.0.24
  • Jetty 10.0.24
  • Jetty 9.4.56

Workarounds

Do not use ThreadLimitHandler.
Consider use of QoSHandler instead to artificially limit resource utilization.

References

Jetty 12 - https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/11723

CWEs

  • CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Open GitHub