GHSA-H2F4-V4C4-6WX4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2019-03-28 18:33 – Updated: 2026-03-30 19:35
VLAI
Summary
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 9.4.12.RC2"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "9.4.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9.4.12.v20180830"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 9.3.24.v20180605"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "9.3.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9.3.25.v20180904"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-12545"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:38:26Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-h2f4-v4c4-6wx4",
  "modified": "2026-03-30T19:35:20Z",
  "published": "2019-03-28T18:33:38Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12545"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=538096"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h2f4-v4c4-6wx4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/13f5241048ec0bf966a6ddd306feaf40de5b20e1f09096b9cddeddf2@%3Ccommits.accumulo.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/70744fe4faba8e2fa7e50a7fc794dd03cb28dad8b21e08ee59bb1606@%3Cdevnull.infra.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/febc94ffec9275dcda64633e0276a1400cd318e571009e4cda9b7a79@%3Cnotifications.accumulo.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CIS4LALKZNLF5X5IGNGRSKERG7FY4QG6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server"
}


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