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USN-1429-1: Jetty vulnerability

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USN-1429-1: Jetty vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/29/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

Jetty 8.1.0.RC2 and earlier computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libjetty-java

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