CVE-2019-17638
In Eclipse Jetty, versions 9.4.27.v20200227 to 9.4.29.v20200521, in case of too large response headers, Jetty throws an exception to produce an HTTP 431 error. When this happens, the ByteBuffer
02 Description
In Eclipse Jetty, versions 9.4.27.v20200227 to 9.4.29.v20200521, in case of too large response headers, Jetty throws an exception to produce an HTTP 431 error. When this happens, the ByteBuffer
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 11.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-07-09 18:10Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 01:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-10-16
- Assigning CNA
- eclipse
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ca2bdd20b2ba5840bf662cee51ffc12aeffa2efd1684399930a389c8c6115f33
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.eclipse.orghttps://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=564984
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200817 Vulnerability in Jenkinshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/08/17/1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-cf8ef2f333https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XE6US6VPZHOWFMUSFGDS5V2DNQPY5MKB/
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20200903 [GitHub] [pulsar] guyv opened a new issue #7970: pulsar-client vulnerability CVE-2019-17638https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4bdd3f7bb6820a79f9416b6667d718a06d269018619a75ce4b759318%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20200911 [GitHub] [pulsar] codelipenghui closed issue #7970: pulsar-client vulnerability CVE-2019-17638https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r521168299e023fb075b57afe33d17ff1d09e8a10e0fd8c775ea0e028%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20200912 [GitHub] [pulsar] codelipenghui closed issue #7970: pulsar-client vulnerability CVE-2019-17638https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r378e4cdec15e132575aa1dcb6296ffeff2a896745a8991522e266ad4%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20200914 [GitHub] [pulsar] klwilson227 opened a new issue #8060: CVE-2019-17638 jetty serverhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra8661fc8c69c647cb06153c1485d48484a833d873f75dfe45937e9de%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20200922 [GitHub] [pulsar] zymap commented on issue #8060: CVE-2019-17638 jetty serverhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r81f58591fb4716fb867b36956f30c7c8ad4ab3f23abc952d9d86a2a0%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20200923 [GitHub] [pulsar] zymap commented on issue #8060: CVE-2019-17638 jetty serverhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9a2cfa56d30782a0c17a5deb951a622d1f5c8de48e1c3b578ffc2a84%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20200929 [GitHub] [pulsar] sijie closed issue #8060: CVE-2019-17638 jetty serverhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbe1f230e87ea947593145d0072d0097ddb0af10fee1161db8ca1546c%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20200929 [GitHub] [pulsar] sijie commented on issue #8060: CVE-2019-17638 jetty serverhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r29073905dc9139d0d7a146595694bf57bb9e35e5ec6aa73eb9c8443a%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20201005 [GitHub] [pulsar] abhishekheaven7 opened a new issue #8203: Pulsar client with version 2.6.1 has critical vulnerability CVE-2019-17638https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7fc5f2ed49641ea91c433e3cd0fc3d31c0278c87b82b15c33b881415%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20201005 [GitHub] [pulsar] abhishekheaven7 closed issue #8203: Pulsar client with version 2.6.1 has critical vulnerability CVE-2019-17638https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd98cfd012490cb02caa1a11aaa0cc38bff2d43bcce9b20c2f01063dd%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20201215 [GitHub] [pulsar] yanshuchong opened a new issue #8967: CVSS issue listhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[pulsar-commits] 20210127 [GitHub] [pulsar] GLouMcK opened a new issue #9347: Security Vulnerabilities - Black Duck Scanhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9584c4304c888f651d214341a939bd264ed30c9e3d0d30fe85097ecf%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- jetty9 Fixed in 9.4.31-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- jetty9 Fixed in 9.4.31-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- jetty9 Fixed in 9.4.31-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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