CVE-2006-6969

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6969
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-02-07 11:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionJetty before 4.2.27, 5.1 before 5.1.12, 6.0 before 6.0.2, and 6.1 before 6.1.0pre3 generates predictable session identifiers using java.util.random, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess a session identifier through brute force attacks, bypass authentication requirements, and possibly conduct cross-site request forgery attacks.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 4.2.11 All All All
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 4.2.12 All All All
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 4.2.14 All All All
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 4.2.15 All All All
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 4.2.16 All All All
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 4.2.17 All All All
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 4.2.18 All All All
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 4.2.19 All All All
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 4.2.24 All All All
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 4.2.9 All All All
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 5.1.11 All All All
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 6.0.1 All All All
Application Jetty Jetty Http Server 6.1.0_pre2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-02/0070.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
osvdb.org/33108 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
FishEye: changeset 1274 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fisheye.codehaus.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Jetty Insecure Random Number Generation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
Jetty Predictable Session Identifier Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 997477 Java (Maven) Security Update for org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server (GHSA-jg2x-r643-w2ch)
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