Debian DSA-4278-1 : jetty9 - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 111987

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Jetty, a Java servlet engine and webserver which could result in HTTP request smuggling.

Solution

Upgrade the jetty9 packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 9.2.21-1+deb9u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/jetty9

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/jetty9

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4278

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 111987

File Name: debian_DSA-4278.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/20/2018

Updated: 8/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7658

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:jetty9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7656, CVE-2017-7657, CVE-2017-7658

DSA: 4278