Session Hijacking Affecting org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server package, versions [9.4.0.RC0,9.4.9.v20180320)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGECLIPSEJETTY-32381
  • published28 Jun 2018
  • disclosed8 Dec 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Dec 2017

CVE-2018-12538  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-384  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server to version 9.4.9.v20180320 or higher.

Overview

org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server is a lightweight highly scalable java based web server and servlet engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Session Hijacking. Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Session Hijacking. When using the optional Jetty provided FileSessionDataStore for persistent storage of HttpSession details, it is possible for a malicious user to access/hijack other HttpSessions and even delete unmatched HttpSessions present in the FileSystem's storage for the FileSessionDataStore.

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