Mortbay Jetty up to 3.0.a92 path traversal

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mortbay Jetty up to 3.0.a92. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP server in Mort Bay Jetty 5.1.14, 6.x before 6.1.17, and 7.x through 7.0.0.M2 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the URI.

The bug was discovered 11/17/2011. The weakness was disclosed 05/05/2009 with Oracle as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-1523 since 05/05/2009. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42311 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : jetty5 (MDVSA-2009:291)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50298) and Tenable (42311). The entry 48053 is pretty similar.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
ATT&CK: T1006

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Nessus ID: 42311
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : jetty5 (MDVSA-2009:291)
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OpenVAS ID: 64089
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-5500 (jetty)
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Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1523 (🔍)
X-Force: 50298
SecurityTracker: 1022563
Vulnerability Center: 22263 - [cpujul2009-091332] Jetty < 6.1.17 HTTP Server Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 35675 - RETIRED: Oracle Complex Event Processing CVE-2009-1523 Remote Vulnerability
Secunia: 34975 - Jetty Information Disclosure and Cross-Site Scripting, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 54186 - VMware vCenter Update Manager vSphere Update Manager Jetty unspecified directory traversal
Vupen: ADV-2009-1900

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/05/2019 09:12
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (83), 09/05/2019 09:12 (5)
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