Vulnerability Description
In Eclipse Jetty, versions 9.4.27.v20200227 to 9.4.29.v20200521, in case of too large response headers, Jetty throws an exception to produce an HTTP 431 error. When this happens, the ByteBuffer containing the HTTP response headers is released back to the ByteBufferPool twice. Because of this double release, two threads can acquire the same ByteBuffer from the pool and while thread1 is about to use the ByteBuffer to write response1 data, thread2 fills the ByteBuffer with other data. Thread1 then proceeds to write the buffer that now contains different data. This results in client1, which issued request1 seeing data from another request or response which could contain sensitive data belonging to client2 (HTTP session ids, authentication credentials, etc.). If the Jetty version cannot be upgraded, the vulnerability can be significantly reduced by configuring a responseHeaderSize significantly larger than the requestHeaderSize (12KB responseHeaderSize and 8KB requestHeaderSize).
CVSS Score
CRITICAL
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Eclipse | Jetty | 9.4.27 |
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/17/1
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=564984Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r29073905dc9139d0d7a146595694bf57bb9e35e5ec
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r378e4cdec15e132575aa1dcb6296ffeff2a896745a
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4bdd3f7bb6820a79f9416b6667d718a06d26901861
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r521168299e023fb075b57afe33d17ff1d09e8a10e0
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7fc5f2ed49641ea91c433e3cd0fc3d31c0278c87b8
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r81f58591fb4716fb867b36956f30c7c8ad4ab3f23a
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9584c4304c888f651d214341a939bd264ed30c9e3d
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9a2cfa56d30782a0c17a5deb951a622d1f5c8de48e
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra8661fc8c69c647cb06153c1485d48484a833d873f
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbe1f230e87ea947593145d0072d0097ddb0af10fee
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd98cfd012490cb02caa1a11aaa0cc38bff2d43bcce
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro
FAQ
What is CVE-2019-17638?
CVE-2019-17638 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.4 (CRITICAL). In Eclipse Jetty, versions 9.4.27.v20200227 to 9.4.29.v20200521, in case of too large response headers, Jetty throws an exception to produce an HTTP 431 error. When this happens, the ByteBuffer contai...
How severe is CVE-2019-17638?
CVE-2019-17638 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.4/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.
Is there a patch for CVE-2019-17638?
Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Eclipse Jetty.