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Security Bulletin: CVE-2020-27223 when Jetty handles a request containing multiple Accept headers the server may enter a denial of service (DoS) state

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Summary

when Jetty handles a request containing multiple Accept headers with a large number of quality (i.e. q) parameters, the server may enter a denial of service (DoS) state due to high CPU usage processing those quality values

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2020-27223
DESCRIPTION:   Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error when handling a request containing multiple Accept headers with a large number of quality parameters. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to exhaust minutes of CPU time.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/197559 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy7.1.1.1
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy7.0.5.3
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy7.1.1.2
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy7.1.1.0
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy7.1.0.0
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy7.0.5.4
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy6.2.7.4
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy6.2.7.3
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy6.2.7.8
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy7.0.4.0
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy6.2.7.9
UCD - IBM UrbanCode Deploy7.0.3.0
UCD - IBM UrbanCode DeployAll

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

06 Jul 2021: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
30 July 2021

Initial Publish date:
06 July 2021

UID

ibm16469935