Jetty Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:11330

Info

Jetty Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11330
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 05 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 03 2006 08:25PM
Credit: The identity of the original reporter of this vulnerability is unknown at this time.
Vulnerable: Jetty Jetty 4.2.19
Jetty Jetty 4.2.18
Jetty Jetty 4.2.17
Jetty Jetty 4.2.16
Jetty Jetty 4.2.15
Jetty Jetty 4.2.14
Jetty Jetty 4.2.12
Jetty Jetty 4.2.11
Jetty Jetty 4.2.9
Jetty Jetty 4.2.7
Jetty Jetty 4.2.6
Jetty Jetty 4.2.5
Jetty Jetty 4.2.4
Jetty Jetty 4.1.1
Jetty Jetty 4.1 .0RC4
Jetty Jetty 4.1 .0
Jetty Jetty 3.1.7
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 - Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 - Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 - Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 alpha
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
 - Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 - Redhat Linux 7.2 alpha
 - Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 - Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
 - Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
 - Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 - Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
 - Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
 - Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 - Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
 - Slackware Linux 8.0
- Slackware Linux 7.1
- Sun Solaris 8_x86
 - Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 - Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
 - Sun Solaris 7.0
 - Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
 - Sun Solaris 2.6
 - SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
 - SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
 Jetty Jetty 3.1.6
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 - Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 - Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 - Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98SE
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 alpha
 - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
- Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
 - Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 - Redhat Linux 7.2 alpha
 - Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 - Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
 - Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
 - Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 - Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
 - Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
 - Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 - Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
 - Slackware Linux 8.0
- Slackware Linux 7.1
- Sun Solaris 8_x86
 - Sun Solaris 8_sparc
 - Sun Solaris 7.0_x86
 - Sun Solaris 7.0
 - Sun Solaris 2.6_x86
 - Sun Solaris 2.6
 - SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
 - SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
 - SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
 IBM Trading Partner Interchange (TPI) 4.2.2
IBM Trading Partner Interchange (TPI) 4.2.1
Computer Associates Unicenter CA Web Services Distributed Management 3.1
Not Vulnerable: IBM Trading Partner Interchange (TPI) 4.2.4
Computer Associates Unicenter CA Web Services Distributed Management 3.11

Discussion

Jetty Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Jetty is reported prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize HTTP-request URIs.

Exploiting this vulnerability allows remote attackers to retrieve the contents of arbitrary, potentially sensitive files located on the serving computer with the credentials of the affected process.

It is unclear at this time exactly which versions of Jetty are affected by this vulnerability. This BID will be updated as further information is disclosed.

This vulnerability may be related to BID 4360.

Exploit / POC

Jetty Directory Traversal Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Jetty Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

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References

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