CVE-2024-9823

Name	CVE-2024-9823
Description	There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's DosFilter which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the server using DosFilter. By repeatedly sending crafted requests, attackers can trigger OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory finally.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
jetty9 (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	9.4.50-4+deb11u2	vulnerable
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	9.4.50-4+deb12u3	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	9.4.56-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
jetty	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)
jetty9	source	(unstable)	9.4.54-1

Notes

https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-7hcf-ppf8-5w5h
https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/issues/1256
https://github.com/jetty/jetty.project/pull/10748