GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-j26w-f9rq-mr2q Eclipse Jetty has a denial of service vulnerability on DosFilter

MEDIUM Published 2024-10-14 Modified 2025-11-03 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2024-9823
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
org.eclipse.jetty.ee10:jetty-ee10-servlets, org.eclipse.jetty.ee8:jetty-ee8-servlets, org.eclipse.jetty.ee9:jetty-ee9-servlets, org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-400
Reviewed
2024-10-14

Affected packages

• Maven org.eclipse.jetty.ee10:jetty-ee10-servlets: >= 12.0.0, < 12.0.3 → fixed in 12.0.3 • Maven org.eclipse.jetty.ee8:jetty-ee8-servlets: >= 12.0.0, < 12.0.3 → fixed in 12.0.3 • Maven org.eclipse.jetty.ee9:jetty-ee9-servlets: >= 12.0.0, < 12.0.3 → fixed in 12.0.3 • Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets: >= 9.0.0, < 9.4.54 → fixed in 9.4.54 • Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets: >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.18 → fixed in 10.0.18 • Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets: >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.18 → fixed in 11.0.18

Description

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

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2024-9823 There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's DosFilter which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

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