Eclipse Jetty up to 9.4.53/10.0.17/11.0.17/12.0.2 DosFilter resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in Eclipse Jetty up to 9.4.53/10.0.17/11.0.17/12.0.2. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component DosFilter. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-9823. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Eclipse Jetty up to 9.4.53/10.0.17/11.0.17/12.0.2. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component DosFilter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Description There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's DosFilter which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the server using DosFilter. By repeatedly sending crafted requests, attackers can trigger OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory finally. Vulnerability details The Jetty DoSFilter (Denial of Service Filter) is a security filter designed to protect web applications against certain types of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and other abusive behavior. It helps to mitigate excessive resource consumption by limiting the rate at which clients can make requests to the server. The DoSFilter monitors and tracks client request patterns, including request rates, and can take actions such as blocking or delaying requests from clients that exceed predefined thresholds. The internal tracking of requests in DoSFilter is the source of this OutOfMemory condition. Impact Users of the DoSFilter may be subject to DoS attacks that will ultimately exhaust the memory of the server if they have not configured session passivation or an aggressive session inactivation timeout. Patches The DoSFilter has been patched in all active releases to no longer support the session tracking mode, even if configured. Patched releases: * 9.4.54 * 10.0.18 * 11.0.18 * 12.0.3

The weakness was released by Lian Kee as 1256. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-9823 since 10/10/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 213343 (Amazon Linux 2 : jetty (ALAS-2024-2702)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 9.4.54, 10.0.18, 11.0.18 or 12.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (213343) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-3176). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• IBM InfoSphere Information Server
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM Operational Decision Manager
• IBM Business Automation Workflow
• NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
• SUSE openSUSE
• Eclipse Jetty
• IBM SPSS
• Hitachi Ops Center
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Red Hat JBoss A-MQ
• IBM Installation Manager
• IBM Security Guardium
• IBM Tivoli Network Manager
• SolarWinds Platform

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Vendor

• Eclipse

Name

• Jetty

Version

• 9.4.0
• 9.4.1
• 9.4.2
• 9.4.3
• 9.4.4
• 9.4.5
• 9.4.6
• 9.4.7
• 9.4.8
• 9.4.9
• 9.4.10
• 9.4.11
• 9.4.12
• 9.4.13
• 9.4.14
• 9.4.15
• 9.4.16
• 9.4.17
• 9.4.18
• 9.4.19
• 9.4.20
• 9.4.21
• 9.4.22
• 9.4.23
• 9.4.24
• 9.4.25
• 9.4.26
• 9.4.27
• 9.4.28
• 9.4.29
• 9.4.30
• 9.4.31
• 9.4.32
• 9.4.33
• 9.4.34
• 9.4.35
• 9.4.36
• 9.4.37
• 9.4.38
• 9.4.39
• 9.4.40
• 9.4.41
• 9.4.42
• 9.4.43
• 9.4.44
• 9.4.45
• 9.4.46
• 9.4.47
• 9.4.48
• 9.4.49
• 9.4.50
• 9.4.51
• 9.4.52
• 9.4.53
• 10.0.0
• 10.0.1
• 10.0.2
• 10.0.3
• 10.0.4
• 10.0.5
• 10.0.6
• 10.0.7
• 10.0.8
• 10.0.9
• 10.0.10
• 10.0.11
• 10.0.12
• 10.0.13
• 10.0.14
• 10.0.15
• 10.0.16
• 10.0.17
• 11.0.0
• 11.0.1
• 11.0.2
• 11.0.3
• 11.0.4
• 11.0.5
• 11.0.6
• 11.0.7
• 11.0.8
• 11.0.9
• 11.0.10
• 11.0.11
• 11.0.12
• 11.0.13
• 11.0.14
• 11.0.15
• 11.0.16
• 11.0.17
• 12.0.0
• 12.0.1
• 12.0.2

License

• free

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