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Jetty/Jetty Security Reports
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Jetty Security Reports
Resolved Issues
| Date | ID | Exploitable | Severity | Affects | Fixed Version | Comment | |
| 12/29/2011 | high | high | All versions | 7.6.0.RC0 | Added ContextHandler.setMaxFormKeys(int keys) to limit the number of parameters (default 1000). | ||
| 5/11/2009 | medium | high | JVM<1.6u19 | jetty-7.01.v20091125, jetty-6.1.22 |
Workaround by turning off SSL renegotiation in Jetty. If using JVM > 1.6u19 setAllowRenegotiate(true) may be called on connectors | ||
| 1/7/2009 | JETTY-1042 | low | high | <=6.1.18, <=7.0.0.M4 | 6.1.19, 7.0.0.Rc0 | cookie leak between requests sharing a connection | |
| 4/30/2009 | CERT402580 | medium | high | <=6.1.16, <=7.0.0.M2 |
5.1.15,6.1.18,7.0.0.M2 [JETTY-1004 |
view arbitrary disk content in some specific configurations | |
| 12/22/2007 | CVE 2007-6672 CERT 553235 |
high | medium | 6.1.rrc0-6.1.6 |
6.1.7 |
Static content visible in WEB-INF and past security constraints | |
| 11/5/2007 | low | low | < 6.1.6 | 6.1.6rc1 (patch in CVS for jetty5) |
Single quote in cookie name | ||
| 11/5/2007 | low | low | < 6.1.6 | 6.1.6rc1 (patch in CVS for jetty5) |
XSS in demo dump servlet | ||
| 10/3/2007 | medium | medium | < 6.1.6 | 6.1.6rc0 (patch in CVS for jetty5) |
CRLF Response splitting | ||
| 11/22/2006 | CVE-2006-6969 | low | high | <6.1.0,<6.0.2, <5.1.12,<4.2.27 |
6.1.0pre3, 6.0.2, 5.1.12, 4.2.27 | Session ID predictability | |
| 6/1/2006 | CVE-2006-2759 | medium | medium | 6.0.*<6.0.0Beta17 | 6.0.0Beta17 | JSP source visibility | |
| 1/5/2006 | medium | medium | <5.1.10 | 5.1.10 | Fixed // security constraint bypass on windows | ||
| 11/18/2005 | CVE-2006-2758 | medium | medium | <5.1.6 | 5.1.6, 6.0.0Beta4 | JSP source visibility | |
| 2/4/2004 | JSSE 1.0.3_01 | medium | medium | <4.2.7 | 4.2.7 | Upgraded JSSE to obtain downstream security fix | |
| 9/22/2002 | high | high | <4.1.0 | 4.1.0 | Fixed CGI servlet remove exploit | ||
| 3/12/2002 | medium | |
<3.1.7 | 4.0.RC2, 3.1.7 | Fixed // security constraint bypass | ||
| 10/21/2006 | medium | <3.1.3 | 3.1.3 | Fixed trailing null security constraint bypass |
Known Jetty 6 Issues
none
Known Jetty 5 Issues
| ID | Explanation |
| The demonstration Dump servlet is vulnerable to cross site scripting. The Dump servlet from jetty 5 should not be deployed on production sites. | |
| HTTP Cookie names are not checked for illegal characters. Unvalidated user data should not be used as the basis of a cookie name in an application served by Jetty 5. | |
| The HTTP header names and values set by an application are not checked for illegal characters. Unvalidated user data should not be used for either a HTTP header name or a HTTP header value. |