Resource exhaustion in The Eclipse Foundation Jetty
CVE-2021-28165
In Eclipse Jetty 7.2.2 to 9.4.38, 10.0.0.alpha0 to 10.0.1, and 11.0.0.alpha0 to 11.0.1, CPU usage can reach 100% upon receiving a large invalid TLS frame.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.136 (94.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- The Eclipse Foundation Jetty — versions 7.2.2, unspecified, 10.0.0.alpha0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-26vr-8j45-3r4w (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- [zookeeper-issues] 20210407 [jira] [Updated] (ZOOKEEPER-4277) dependency-check:check failing - jetty-server-9.4.39 CVE-2021-28165 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [zookeeper-issues] 20210407 [jira] [Assigned] (ZOOKEEPER-4277) dependency-check:check failing - jetty-server-9.4.39 CVE-2021-28165 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [zookeeper-notifications] 20210407 [GitHub] [zookeeper] nkalmar opened a new pull request #1675: ZOOKEEPER-4277: update jetty to 9.4.39 due to CVE-2021-28165 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [zookeeper-issues] 20210407 [jira] [Updated] (ZOOKEEPER-4277) dependency-check:check failing - jetty-server-9.4.38 CVE-2021-28165 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [zookeeper-issues] 20210407 [jira] [Created] (ZOOKEEPER-4277) dependency-check:check failing - jetty-server-9.4.39 CVE-2021-28165 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [zookeeper-notifications] 20210407 [GitHub] [zookeeper] nkalmar commented on pull request #1675: ZOOKEEPER-4277: update jetty to 9.4.39 due to CVE-2021-28165 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [zookeeper-dev] 20210407 [jira] [Created] (ZOOKEEPER-4277) dependency-check:check failing - jetty-server-9.4.39 CVE-2021-28165 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [zookeeper-dev] 20210407 Re: [VOTE] Apache ZooKeeper release 3.6.3 candidate 1 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- [zookeeper-notifications] 20210407 [GitHub] [zookeeper] nkalmar opened a new pull request #1676: ZOOKEEPER-4277: update jetty to 9.4.39 due to CVE-2021-28165 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-28165?
- CVE-2021-28165 is a high-severity vulnerability in The Eclipse Foundation Jetty, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-04-01.
- How severe is CVE-2021-28165?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-28165 known to be exploited?
- 10 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.