GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-6jxp-7g74-2rc3 Improper input validation in Mort Bay Jetty

HIGH Published 2022-05-02 Modified 2022-06-10 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2009-4611
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.mortbay.jetty:jetty
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-20
Reviewed
2022-06-10

Affected packages

• Maven org.mortbay.jetty:jetty: >= 6.0.0, < 6.1.23 → fixed in 6.1.23 • Maven org.mortbay.jetty:jetty: >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.2 → fixed in 7.0.2

Description

Mort Bay Jetty 6.x through 6.1.22 and 7.0.0 writes backtrace data without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator, related to (1) a string value in the Age parameter to the default URI for the Cookie Dump Servlet in test-jetty-webapp/src/main/java/com/acme/CookieDump.java under cookie/, (2) an alphabetic value in the A parameter to jsp/expr.jsp, or (3) an alphabetic value in the Content-Length HTTP header to an arbitrary application.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2009-4611 Mort Bay Jetty 6.x through 6.1.22 and 7.0.0 writes backtrace data without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References