SB2019041118 - Fedora 28 update for jetty
Published: April 11, 2019 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019041118
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12545)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
In Eclipse Jetty version 9.3.x and 9.4.x, the server is vulnerable to Denial of Service conditions if a remote client sends either large SETTINGs frames container containing many settings, or many small SETTINGs frames. The vulnerability is due to the additional CPU and memory allocations required to handle changed settings.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.