CVE-2009-4611

NameCVE-2009-4611
DescriptionMort 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs553644

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
jetty (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)6.1.26-4+deb8u2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
jettysource(unstable)6.1.22-1unimportant553644

Notes

http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack-jetty6x7x/jetty-adv.txt
The affected apps are not shipped in the package, see #553644

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