CVE-2009-4611
Published: 13 January 2010
Mort Bay Jetty 6.x through 6.1.22 and 7.0.0 writes backtrace data without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator, related to (1) a string value in the Age parameter to the default URI for the Cookie Dump Servlet in test-jetty-webapp/src/main/java/com/acme/CookieDump.java under cookie/, (2) an alphabetic value in the A parameter to jsp/expr.jsp, or (3) an alphabetic value in the Content-Length HTTP header to an arbitrary application.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| jdstrand | if there is a problem, it is the terminal that has the issue |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
jetty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| hardy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| intrepid |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
|
| jaunty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| karmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| lucid |
Not vulnerable
(6.1.22-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| maverick |
Not vulnerable
(6.1.22-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| natty |
Not vulnerable
(6.1.22-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| oneiric |
Not vulnerable
(6.1.22-1ubuntu1)
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(6.1.22)
|