CVE-2024-8184

medium

Description

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

References

https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/30

https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-g8m5-722r-8whq

https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/11723

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-10-14

Updated: 2024-10-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium