GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-g8m5-722r-8whq Eclipse Jetty's ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote() vulnerable to remote DoS attacks

MEDIUM Published 2024-10-14 Modified 2025-11-03 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-8184
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-400, CWE-770
Reviewed
2024-10-14

Affected packages

• Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server: >= 12.0.0, < 12.0.9 → fixed in 12.0.9 • Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server: >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.24 → fixed in 10.0.24 • Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server: >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.24 → fixed in 11.0.24 • Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server: >= 9.3.12, < 9.4.56 → fixed in 9.4.56

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

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-8184 There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote() which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (2)

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

References