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Amazon Linux 2 : jetty (ALAS-2024-2702)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 213343

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2702 advisory.

 There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's DosFilter which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the server using DosFilter. By repeatedly sending crafted requests, attackers can trigger OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory finally.
 (CVE-2024-9823)

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

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

Solution

Run 'yum update jetty' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2702.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-9823.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 213343

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2702.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/23/2024

Updated: 12/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9823

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-annotations, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-ant, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-client, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-continuation, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-deploy, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-http, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-io, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-jaas, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-jaspi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-jmx, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-jndi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-jsp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-jspc-maven-plugin, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-maven-plugin, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-monitor, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-plus, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-project, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-proxy, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-rewrite, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-runner, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-security, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-servlet, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-servlets, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-start, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-util, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-util-ajax, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-webapp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-websocket-api, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-websocket-client, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-websocket-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-websocket-parent, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-websocket-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-websocket-servlet, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jetty-xml

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9823