QID 150377

Date Published: 2021-11-01

QID 150377: Eclipse Jetty Sensitive File Disclosure (CVE-2021-28164)

Eclipse Jetty is a Java web server and Java Servlet container, often used for machine to machine communications, usually within larger software frameworks.

Affected versions of Eclipse Jetty allow remote attackers to read sensitive files with URIs that contain %2e or %2e%2e segments to access protected resources within the WEB-INF directory.

Affected version:
Eclipse Jetty version from 9.4.37.v20210219 to 9.4.38.v20210224

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated) :
This QID sends a HTTP GET request to "/context/%2e/WEB-INF/web.xml" to retrive the contents of "web.xml" file and based on the response confirms if the target is vulnerable.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow remote attackers to read sensitive files on the target server.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.3 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to upgrade Jetty version 9.4.39 or later. For more information refer to Jetty Security Advisory

Vendor References

Jetty Security Advisory - github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-v7ff-8wcx-gmc5

CVEs related to QID 150377

CVE-2021-28164 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
Jetty Security Advisory			github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-v7ff-8wcx-gmc5

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