CVE-2021-28163

Summary

CVECVE-2021-28163
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-04-01 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:32:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Eclipse Jetty 9.4.32 to 9.4.38, 10.0.0.beta2 to 10.0.1, and 11.0.0.beta2 to 11.0.1, if a user uses a webapps directory that is a symlink, the contents of the webapps directory is deployed as a static webapp, inadvertently serving the webapps themselves and anything else that might be in that directory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Ignite All All All All
Application Apache Solr 8.8.1 All All All
Application Eclipse Jetty All All All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 10.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 10.0.1 All All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 11.0.0 - All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 11.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 11.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Eclipse Jetty 11.0.1 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Manager - All All All
Application Netapp E-series Performance Analyzer - All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Os Controller All All All All
Application Netapp E-series Santricity Web Services - All All All
Application Netapp Element Plug-in For Vcenter Server - All All All
Application Netapp Santricity Cloud Connector - All All All
Application Netapp Snapcenter - All All All
Application Netapp Snapcenter Plug-in - All All All
Application Netapp Snapcenter Plug-in For Vmware Vsphere - All All All
Application Netapp Storage Replication Adapter For Clustered Data Ontap All All All All
Application Netapp Vasa Provider For Clustered Data Ontap All All All All
Application Netapp Virtual Storage Console All All All All
Application Oracle Autovue For Agile Product Lifecycle Management 21.0.2 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Apis 20.1 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Apis 21.1 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Digital Experience 20.1 All All All
Application Oracle Banking Digital Experience 21.1 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Element Manager 8.2.2 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper 7.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Report Manager All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Session Route Manager All All All All
Application Oracle Siebel Core - Automation All All All All

References

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Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[zookeeper-issues] 20210928 [jira] [Updated] (ZOOKEEPER-4390) CVE-2021-28169 , CVE-2021-28163, - Upgrade jetty to 9.4.42 lists.apache.org
[ignite-issues] 20210413 [jira] [Created] (IGNITE-14527) CVE-2021-2816[3,4,5] in Jetty lists.apache.org
[ignite-dev] 20210413 [jira] [Created] (IGNITE-14527) CVE-2021-2816[3,4,5] in Jetty lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[solr-issues] 20210507 [jira] [Updated] (SOLR-15338) High security vulnerability in Jetty library CVE-2021-28163 (+5) bundled within Solr lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[zookeeper-issues] 20210928 [jira] [Updated] (ZOOKEEPER-4390) CVE-2021-28169 , - Upgrade jetty to 9.4.42 lists.apache.org
[solr-issues] 20210623 [jira] [Updated] (SOLR-15338) High security vulnerability in Jetty library CVE-2021-28163 (+5) bundled within Solr lists.apache.org
[zookeeper-issues] 20210928 [jira] [Updated] (ZOOKEEPER-4390) CVE-2021-28169 , CVE-2021-28163, CVE-2021-34428- Upgrade jetty to 9.4.42 lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: jetty-9.4.40-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
[kafka-jira] 20210412 [GitHub] [kafka] dongjinleekr opened a new pull request #10526: KAFKA-12655: CVE-2021-28165 - Upgrade jetty to 9.4.39 lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: jetty-9.4.40-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8a1a332899a1f92c8118b0895b144b27a78e3f25b9d58a34... lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
Symlink Directory Exposes Webapp Directory Contents · Advisory · eclipse/jetty.project · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Pony Mail! MISC lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: jetty-9.4.40-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[ignite-issues] 20210426 [jira] [Updated] (IGNITE-14527) CVE-2021-2816[3,4,5] in Jetty lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[ignite-issues] 20210426 [jira] [Commented] (IGNITE-14527) CVE-2021-2816[3,4,5] in Jetty lists.apache.org
April 2021 Eclipse Jetty Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: jetty-9.4.40-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: jetty-9.4.40-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[solr-issues] 20210711 [jira] [Updated] (SOLR-15529) High security vulnerability in JDOM library bundled within Solr 8.9 CVE-2021-33813 lists.apache.org
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbefa055282d52d6b58d29a79fbb0be65ab0a38d25f00bd29... lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: jetty-9.4.40-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[solr-issues] 20210414 [jira] [Updated] (SOLR-15338) High security vulnerability in Jetty library CVE-2021-28163 (+5) bundled within Solr lists.apache.org
[solr-issues] 20210711 [jira] [Created] (SOLR-15529) High security vulnerability in JDOM library bundled within Solr 8.9 CVE-2021-33813 lists.apache.org
[solr-issues] 20210414 [jira] [Created] (SOLR-15338) High security vulnerability in Jetty library CVE-2021-28163 (+5) bundled within Solr lists.apache.org
[solr-issues] 20210813 [jira] [Resolved] (SOLR-15338) High security vulnerability in Jetty library CVE-2021-28163 (+5) bundled within Solr lists.apache.org
[ignite-issues] 20210426 [jira] [Updated] (IGNITE-14527) Upgrade Jetty version to fix CVE-2021-2816[3,4,5] in Jetty lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 180316 Debian Security Update for jetty9 (CVE-2021-28163)
  • 239359 Red Hat Update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.11 (RHSA-2021:1551)
  • 281280 Fedora Security Update for jetty (FEDORA-2021-444e38face)
  • 281281 Fedora Security Update for jetty (FEDORA-2021-35f06984d7)
  • 281283 Fedora Security Update for jetty (FEDORA-2021-fd66b2bd53)
  • 750663 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for jetty-minimal (SUSE-SU-2021:2005-1)
  • 750781 OpenSUSE Security Update for jetty-minimal (openSUSE-SU-2021:2005-1)
  • 770059 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7.11 Security and Bug Fix Update (RHSA-2021:1551)
  • 770112 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.7 Security Update (RHSA-2021-1551)
  • 980350 Java (maven) Security Update for org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-deploy (GHSA-j6qj-j888-vvgq)
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