Jetty vulnerable to exposure of sensitive information due to observable discrepancy
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HIGH
GHSA-wfcc-pff6-rgc5
CVE-2017-9735
Description:
Jetty through 9.4.x contains a timing channel attack in util/security/Password.java, which allows attackers to obtain access by observing elapsed times before rejection of incorrect passwords.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable Versions | Patched Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven |
org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server
|
<= 9.2.21.v20170120>= 9.3.0, <= 9.3.19.v20170502>= 9.4.0, <= 9.4.5.v20170502 |
9.2.22.v20170606
|
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Advisory Details
| Published: | October 19, 2018 over 7 years ago |
| Updated: | June 09, 2026 6 days ago |
| CVSS Score: | 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS: | 0.71% 73th percentile |
| Source: | Github |
| Classification: | GENERAL |
| UUID: | MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXdmY2MtcGZmNi1yZ2M1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9735
- https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/issues/1556
- https://bugs.debian.org/864631
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272@%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/36870f6c51f5bc25e6f7bb1fcace0e57e81f1524019b11f466738559@%3Ccommon-dev.hadoop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f@%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f887a5978f5e4c62b9cfe876336628385cff429e796962649649ec8a@%3Ccommon-issues.hadoop.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc@%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff8dcfe29377088ab655fda9d585dccd5b1f07fabd94ae84fd60a7f8@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00016.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/commit/042f325f1cd6e7891d72c7e668f5947b5457dc02
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170826163336/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99104
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wfcc-pff6-rgc5