Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.
Description
The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5540 advisory.
- Eclipse Jetty provides a web server and servlet container. In versions 11.0.0 through 11.0.15, 10.0.0 through 10.0.15, and 9.0.0 through 9.4.52, an integer overflow in `MetaDataBuilder.checkSize` allows for HTTP/2 HPACK header values to exceed their size limit. `MetaDataBuilder.java` determines if a header name or value exceeds the size limit, and throws an exception if the limit is exceeded. However, when length is very large and huffman is true, the multiplication by 4 in line 295 will overflow, and length will become negative. `(_size+length)` will now be negative, and the check on line 296 will not be triggered.
Furthermore, `MetaDataBuilder.checkSize` allows for user-entered HPACK header value sizes to be negative, potentially leading to a very large buffer allocation later on when the user-entered size is multiplied by 2. This means that if a user provides a negative length value (or, more precisely, a length value which, when multiplied by the 4/3 fudge factor, is negative), and this length value is a very large positive number when multiplied by 2, then the user can cause a very large buffer to be allocated on the server.
Users of HTTP/2 can be impacted by a remote denial of service attack. The issue has been fixed in versions 11.0.16, 10.0.16, and 9.4.53. There are no known workarounds. (CVE-2023-36478)
- The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade the jetty9 packages.
For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 9.4.50-4+deb12u2.
Plugin Details
File Name: debian_DSA-5540.nasl
Agent: unix
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjetty9-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:jetty9, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libjetty9-extra-java
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023