Jetty DosFilter OOM DoS via Crafted Requests
CVE-2024-9823 Published on October 14, 2024

Jetty DOS vulnerability on DosFilter
There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's DosFilter which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the server using DosFilter. By repeatedly sending crafted requests, attackers can trigger OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory finally.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-9823 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
LOW

Weakness Type

What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?

The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

CVE-2024-9823 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2024-9823

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Red Hat Kafka
 
Eclipse Jetty
 
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager
 

Affected Versions

Eclipse Foundation Jetty: Eclipse Jetty Jetty: Eclipse Jetty Jetty: Eclipse Jetty Jetty: eclipse jetty:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.59%
Percentile
68.76%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.