CVE-2023-36478

Name
CVE-2023-36478
Description
Eclipse Jetty provides a web server and servlet container. In versions 11.0.0 through 11.0.15, 10.0.0 through 10.0.15, and 9.0.0 through 9.4.52, an integer overflow in `MetaDataBuilder.checkSize` allows for HTTP/2 HPACK header values to exceed their size limit. `MetaDataBuilder.java` determines if a header name or value exceeds the size limit, and throws an exception if the limit is exceeded. However, when length is very large and huffman is true, the multiplication by 4 in line 295 will overflow, and length will become negative. `(_size+length)` will now be negative, and the check on line 296 will not be triggered. Furthermore, `MetaDataBuilder.checkSize` allows for user-entered HPACK header value sizes to be negative, potentially leading to a very large buffer allocation later on when the user-entered size is multiplied by 2. This means that if a user provides a negative length value (or, more precisely, a length value which, when multiplied by the 4/3 fudge factor, is negative), and this length value is a very large positive number when multiplied by 2, then the user can cause a very large buffer to be allocated on the server. Users of HTTP/2 can be impacted by a remote denial of service attack. The issue has been fixed in versions 11.0.16, 10.0.16, and 9.4.53. There are no known workarounds.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
MISC https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/pull/9634
MISC https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/releases/tag/jetty-11.0.16
MISC https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-wgh7-54f2-x98r
MISC https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/releases/tag/jetty-9.4.53.v20231009
MISC https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/releases/tag/jetty-10.0.16
MISC http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/18/4
MISC https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00045.html
MISC https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5540
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0011/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* jetty >= 11.0.0 < 11.0.16
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* jetty >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.16
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:jetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* jetty >= 9.3.0 < 9.4.53

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
jetty-runner edge-community 9.4.53.20231009-r0 Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz> fixed
jetty-runner 3.22-community 9.4.53.20231009-r0 None fixed
jetty-runner 3.21-community 9.4.53.20231009-r0 None fixed
jetty-runner 3.20-community 9.4.53.20231009-r0 None fixed
jetty-runner 3.19-community 9.4.53.20231009-r0 Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz> fixed
jetty-runner 3.18-community 9.4.53.20231009-r0 Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz> fixed