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Medium · 6.1 CVE-2019-17632 EUVD-2019-0779GHSA-5h9j-q6j2-253f

Unescaped exception messages in error responses in Jetty

Published Nov 25, 2019 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by eclipse

Description

In Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.21.v20190926, 9.4.22.v20191022, and 9.4.23.v20191118, the generation of default unhandled Error response content (in text/html and text/json Content-Type) does not escape Exception messages in stacktraces included in error output.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Jetty 9.4.21.v20190926, 9.4.22.v20191022, 9.4.23.v20191118 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 jetty9 9.4.26-1 —
Debian 13 jetty9 9.4.26-1 —
Debian 12 jetty9 9.4.26-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS jetty +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS jetty +1 No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server >= 9.4.21.v20190926, < 9.4.24.v20191120 9.4.24.v20191120 GHSA-5h9j-q6j2-253f
Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server >= 9.4.22.v20191022, < 9.4.24.v20191120 9.4.24.v20191120 GHSA-5h9j-q6j2-253f
Maven org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server >= 9.4.23.v20191118, < 9.4.24.v20191120 9.4.24.v20191120 GHSA-5h9j-q6j2-253f

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