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.

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5894 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5894-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                          Markus Koschany     April 05, 2025                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : jetty9     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-6762 CVE-2024-8184 CVE-2024-9823     Debian Bug     : 1085697

    Jetty 9 is a Java based web server and servlet engine. Several security     vulnerabilities have been discovered which may allow remote attackers to cause     a denial of service by repeatedly sending crafted requests which can trigger     OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory.

    CVE-2024-6762: In addition PushSessionCacheFilter and PushCacheFilter have been     deprecated. These classes should no longer be used in a production environment.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in     version 9.4.57-0+deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your jetty9 packages.

    For the detailed security status of jetty9 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/jetty9

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2024-8184)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3720-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-8184: Fixed remote denial-of-service in ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote() (bsc#1231651).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
233875	Debian dsa-5894 : jetty9 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
230405	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-8184	Nessus	Misc.	medium
209315	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : jetty-minimal (SUSE-SU-2024:3720-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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