| Name | CVE-2018-12538 |
| Description | In Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.0 through 9.4.8, when using the optional Jetty provided FileSessionDataStore for persistent storage of HttpSession details, it is possible for a malicious user to access/hijack other HttpSessions and even delete unmatched HttpSessions present in the FileSystem's storage for the FileSessionDataStore. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| jetty (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 6.1.26-4+deb8u2 | fixed |
| jetty8 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 8.1.16-4+deb8u1 | fixed |
| jetty9 (PTS) | stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 9.2.30-0+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 9.4.50-4+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 9.4.50-4+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 9.4.50-4+deb12u3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 9.4.56-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| jetty | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| jetty8 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| jetty9 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- jetty9 <not-affected> (Only affects 9.4.x)
- jetty8 <not-affected> (Only affects 9.4.x)
- jetty <not-affected> (Only affects 9.4.x)
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=536018