Oracle REST Data Services up to 21.2 Eclipse Jetty denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle REST Data Services up to 21.2. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Eclipse Jetty. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-28165. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle REST Data Services up to 21.2. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Eclipse Jetty. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was released 10/19/2021 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021. It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-28165. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 237475 (Amazon Linux 2 : jetty (ALAS-2025-2871)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (237475) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2372). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Oracle Siebel CRM

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 237475
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux 2 : jetty (ALAS-2025-2871)

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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/12/2021 🔍
10/19/2021 +220 days 🔍
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10/23/2025 +1463 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2021-28165 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-28165
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-184651
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2372 - Oracle Siebel CRM: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 10/20/2021 08:09
Updated: 10/23/2025 00:21
Changes: 10/20/2021 08:09 (39), 10/23/2021 11:48 (3), 10/23/2021 11:57 (18), 05/30/2025 03:57 (16), 08/28/2025 00:02 (11), 10/23/2025 00:21 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:57B:103

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