CVE-2023-36478
October 10, 2023
Eclipse Jetty provides a web server and servlet container. In versions 11.0.0 through 11.0.15, 10.0.0 through 10.0.15, and 9.0.0 through 9.4.52, an integer overflow in `MetaDataBuilder.checkSize` allows for HTTP/2 HPACK header values to
exceed their size limit. `MetaDataBuilder.java` determines if a header name or value exceeds the size limit, and throws an exception if the limit is exceeded. However, when length is very large and huffman is true, the multiplication by 4 in line 295
will overflow, and length will become negative. `(_size+length)` will now be negative, and the check on line 296 will not be triggered. Furthermore, `MetaDataBuilder.checkSize` allows for user-entered HPACK header value sizes to be negative, potentially leading to a very large buffer allocation later on when the user-entered size is multiplied by 2. This means that if a user provides a negative length value (or, more precisely, a length value which, when multiplied by the 4/3 fudge factor, is negative), and this length value is a very large positive number when multiplied by 2, then the user can cause a very large buffer to be allocated on the server. Users of HTTP/2 can be impacted by a remote denial of service attack. The issue has been fixed in versions 11.0.16, 10.0.16, and 9.4.53. There are no known workarounds.
Affected Packages
org.eclipse.jetty.http3:http3-qpack (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=10.0.8 <10.0.16Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 10.0.16org.eclipse.jetty.http3:http3-qpack (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=11.0.8 <11.0.16Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 11.0.16org.eclipse.jetty.http2:http2-hpack (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=10.0.0 <10.0.16Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 10.0.16org.eclipse.jetty.http2:http2-hpack (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=11.0.0 <11.0.16Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 11.0.16Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
EPSS
Base Score:
1.46