Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency Affecting jetty9 package, versions <9.4.52-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-JETTY9-5904218
  • published17 Sept 2023
  • disclosed15 Sept 2023

Introduced: 15 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-40167  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-130  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 jetty9 to version 9.4.52-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jetty9 package and not the jetty9 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Jetty is a Java based web server and servlet engine. Prior to versions 9.4.52, 10.0.16, 11.0.16, and 12.0.1, Jetty accepts the + character proceeding the content-length value in a HTTP/1 header field. This is more permissive than allowed by the RFC and other servers routinely reject such requests with 400 responses. There is no known exploit scenario, but it is conceivable that request smuggling could result if jetty is used in combination with a server that does not close the connection after sending such a 400 response. Versions 9.4.52, 10.0.16, 11.0.16, and 12.0.1 contain a patch for this issue. There is no workaround as there is no known exploit scenario.

CVSS Scores

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