Improper input validation in Mortbay Jetty
CVE-2009-4611
Mort Bay Jetty 6.x through 6.1.22 and 7.0.0 writes backtrace data without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator, related to (1) a string value in the Age parameter to the default URI for the Cookie Dump Servlet in test-jetty-webapp/src/main/java/com/acme/CookieDump.java under cookie/, (2) an alphabetic value in the A parameter to jsp/expr.jsp, or (3) an alphabetic value in the Content-Length HTTP header to an arbitrary application.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
EPSS: 0.032 (86.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mortbay Jetty — versions 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)