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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2024-6762

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

Unauthenticated users can exploit Jetty PushSessionCacheFilter to launch remote Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks by exhausting the server's memory. The vulnerability affects org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-servlets versions 9.3.0.M2 through 9.4.51.v20230217, 10.0.0-alpha0 through 10.0.17, 11.0.0-alpha0 through 11.0.17, and 12.0.0.alpha0 through 12.0.2.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

The software allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated, in violation of the intended security policy for that actor.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published