CVE-2024-8184 (GCVE-0-2024-8184)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-14 15:09 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:34
VLAI?
Title
Jetty ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote() vulnerable to remote DoS attacks
Summary
There exists a security vulnerability in Jetty's ThreadLimitHandler.getRemote() which can be exploited by unauthorized users to cause remote denial-of-service (DoS) attack. By repeatedly sending crafted requests, attackers can trigger OutofMemory errors and exhaust the server's memory.
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Eclipse Foundation Jetty Affected: 9.3.12 , ≤ 9.4.55 (semver)
Affected: 10.0.0 , ≤ 10.0.23 (semver)
Affected: 11.0.0 , ≤ 11.0.23 (semver)
Affected: 12.0.0 , ≤ 12.0.8 (semver)
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Credits
https://github.com/HRsGIT
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