54186 : Jetty HTTP Server Document Root Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-05-01

Description

Jetty contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to access files outside of the web path. The issue is due to the ResourceHandler and DefaultServlet's alias handling not properly sanitizing user input, specifically directory traversal style attacks (../../).

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.1.17 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Mort Bay Consulting

Jetty

6.1.16

The Apache Software Foundation	ActiveMQ	5.3.1
		5.3.2

References

Security Tracker: 1022563 1026341
Exploit Database: 18138
CVE ID: 2009-1523 (see also: NVD) 2011-4404 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 34800 35675 50723
Secunia Advisory ID: 34975 35143 35225 35776 37474 40553 40574 40577 46761
CERT VU: 402580
Related OSVDB ID: 54187
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2009-1900 ADV-2010-1792
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://dist.codehaus.org/jetty/jetty-5.1.x/
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02282388
Other Advisory URL: http://dsecrg.com/pages/vul/show.php?id=342
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02282388
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JETTY-1004
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1023962
http://www.i2p2.de/release-0.7.11
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpujul2009.html
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0012.html
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0014.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01257.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01262.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://jetty.codehaus.org/jetty/jetty-6/xref/org/mortbay/jetty/handler/ResourceHandler.html
http://jetty.codehaus.org/jetty/jetty-6/xref/org/mortbay/jetty/servlet/DefaultServlet.html
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JETTY-1004
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00011.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/CRDY-7RKQCY
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpujul2009.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499867
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-2788

Tools & Filters

	5017

Credit

Greg Wilkins -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-11-21 | Disagree? | There are 2 more: View All

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