CVE-2020-27223 (Medium) detected in jetty-http-9.4.24.v20191120.jar

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CVE-2020-27223 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jetty-http-9.4.24.v20191120.jar

The Eclipse Jetty Project

Library home page: http://www.eclipse.org/jetty

Path to dependency file: /build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.eclipse.jetty/jetty-http/9.4.24.v20191120/d3f0b0fb016ef8d35ffb199d928ffbcbfa121c86/jetty-http-9.4.24.v20191120.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• gretty-runner-jetty94-3.0.5.jar (Root Library)
  • jetty-server-9.4.24.v20191120.jar
    • ❌ jetty-http-9.4.24.v20191120.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 4cb9afca7b4ab356e0863ec7515cb10a779ea02d

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

In Eclipse Jetty 9.4.6.v20170531 to 9.4.36.v20210114 (inclusive), 10.0.0, and 11.0.0 when Jetty handles a request containing multiple Accept headers with a large number of “quality” (i.e. q) parameters, the server may enter a denial of service (DoS) state due to high CPU usage processing those quality values, resulting in minutes of CPU time exhausted processing those quality values.

Publish Date: 2021-02-26

URL: CVE-2020-27223

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: Low

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-m394-8rww-3jr7

Release Date: 2021-02-26

Fix Resolution: org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-http:9.4.37.v20210219, org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-http:10.0.1, org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-http:11.0.1

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