Amazon Linux 2 : jetty (ALAS-2024-2702)
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It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2702 advisory. There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's DosFilter which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service (DoS) attack on the server using DosFilter. By repeatedly sending crafted requests, attackers can trigger OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory finally. (CVE-2024-9823) Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version…Read More
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