CVE-2020-27223 (Medium) detected in jetty-http-9.4.17.v20190418.jar

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CVE-2020-27223 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - jetty-http-9.4.17.v20190418.jar

The Eclipse Jetty Project

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

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-http/9.4.17.v20190418/jetty-http-9.4.17.v20190418.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• jetty-server-9.4.17.v20190418.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ jetty-http-9.4.17.v20190418.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 7baeabef941f276d373d889506fe0a0cf89f4ee6

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

Direct dependency fix Resolution (org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server): 9.4.35.v20201120

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