CVE-2009-1524: XSS

Published Apr 28, 2009
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Updated

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mort Bay Jetty before 6.1.17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a directory listing request containing a ; (semicolon) character.

Affected Software

326 affected components
Mortbay Jetty=1.0.1
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.5
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.0
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.12-rc3
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.25
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.3-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta14
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.0-pre3
Mortbay Jetty=1.3.1
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a3
Mortbay Jetty=1.3.4
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.0-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.22
Mortbay Jetty=3.1.8
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a0
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.15-pre0
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.1
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta9
Mortbay Jetty=2.0.4
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta2
Mortbay Jetty=2.2-beta0
Mortbay Jetty=2.2.8
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.2-pre0
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta15
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.5-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.13
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a95
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-alpha0
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.9-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.0-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.2
Mortbay Jetty=5.0-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=2.1.1
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a97
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.14
Mortbay Jetty=2.0-alpha2
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.11
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a99
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.b2
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta0
Mortbay Jetty=2.3.2
Mortbay Jetty=2.4.9
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.5
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.0
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.d4
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.0-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.4
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a6
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.4-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.15-rc4
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-alpha3
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.8
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-rc3
Mortbay Jetty=2.1.b1
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.1
Mortbay Jetty=2.0-beta1
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.10
Mortbay Jetty=2.3.1
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.10
Mortbay Jetty=3.1-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.10-pre2
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.2
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.1
Mortbay Jetty=5.0-rc3
Mortbay Jetty=2.3.0a
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.0-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.3-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=2.4.2
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.1
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.6
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.16
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a7
Mortbay Jetty=2.1.5
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.15-rc5
Mortbay Jetty=2.0.1
Mortbay Jetty=3.1-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta3
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.1
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.6
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a96
Mortbay Jetty=5.0-alpha2
Mortbay Jetty=2.3.3
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.0-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=2.1.2
Mortbay Jetty=1.3.3
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.2
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.23-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.0-rc4
Mortbay Jetty=3.1.0
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.12
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.0-beta0
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.2-rc4
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.17
Mortbay Jetty=2.2.3
Mortbay Jetty=2.2-alpha1
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.b0
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-alpha1
Mortbay Jetty=2.4.6
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.1-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=2.0-alpha1
Mortbay Jetty=5.0-beta1
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.3
Mortbay Jetty=3.1.5
Mortbay Jetty=2.3.0
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.5
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta16
Mortbay Jetty=5.0-alpha1
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.3
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.2-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=1.1.1
Mortbay Jetty=2.0.2
Mortbay Jetty=2.0.0
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.6
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a9
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.0-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.0-rc5
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.26
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.d3
Mortbay Jetty=3.1.2
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.6
Mortbay Jetty=1.3.2
Mortbay Jetty=2.4.4
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta10
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.2-rc3
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.10-pre0
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.12
Mortbay Jetty=3.1-rc7
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.0-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.b01
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.21
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.b02
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.24
Mortbay Jetty=2.4.3
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.d2
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=2.1.6
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.4
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.5-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.5
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.0-rc3
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.12-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a92
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.3
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.0-rc6
Mortbay Jetty=1.3.5
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.15
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a90
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.11-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.14
Mortbay Jetty=1.1
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.1-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=2.2.6
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.2-rc5
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.1
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.0-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.14-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.b1
Mortbay Jetty=2.2-alpha0
Mortbay Jetty=2.0-beta2
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.10
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.6-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.0-pre1
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.5-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=2.4.5
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a2
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.24-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=3.1.6
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.0
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.20
Mortbay Jetty=2.2.2
Mortbay Jetty=3.1.3
Mortbay Jetty=3.1-rc4
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.4
Mortbay Jetty=2.3.4
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.9
Mortbay Jetty=2.2-beta2
Mortbay Jetty=2.1.4
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a91
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.24-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=4.0-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=2.0.5
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.d0
Mortbay Jetty=2.2-beta1
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.14-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.23
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a4
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.4-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.b05
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta1
Mortbay Jetty=3.1-rc5
Mortbay Jetty=5.0.0-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-alpha2
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta4
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.6
Mortbay Jetty=2.2.5
Mortbay Jetty=5.0-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=5.0-beta2
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.0
Mortbay Jetty=4.0-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a5
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.8_01
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.0-rc7
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.b03
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.10-pre1
Mortbay Jetty=2.3.5
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.12-rc5
Mortbay Jetty=5.0-alpha3
Mortbay Jetty=2.1.3
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.5-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.0-pre0
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.0-rc4
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.2
Mortbay Jetty=3.1-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.3
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.2-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=2.2-beta3
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.8
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta6
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.9-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.12-rc4
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.3-rc4
Mortbay Jetty=3.1.9
Mortbay Jetty=2.4.0
Mortbay Jetty=2.2.0
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.2-pre0
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta17
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.7-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=1.2.0
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.2-pre1
Mortbay Jetty=2.2.7
Mortbay Jetty=2.2.1
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.19
Mortbay Jetty=4.0-rc3
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.1-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.4
Mortbay Jetty=3.1-rc6
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.4-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.d2
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.0
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta8
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a98
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.0-rc5
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.5
Mortbay Jetty=5.0-beta0
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.15
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.3
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.d1
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.0-rc3
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.d1
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.0-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.4
Mortbay Jetty=1.3.0
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.15-rc3
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.7
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.0-rc8
Mortbay Jetty=3.1.4
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.6-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=2.1.b0
Mortbay Jetty=2.4.8
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.20-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.0-pre2
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.7
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.0-rc6
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta12
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.15-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a94
Mortbay Jetty=5.1-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=5.0-alpha0
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.0
Mortbay Jetty=3.1.1
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.3-rc3
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.11
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.d0
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.1-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=5.0.0
Mortbay Jetty=3.1-rc3
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.1-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.4-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta7
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.1
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.3-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta11
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-beta5
Mortbay Jetty=2.2.4
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.b0
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-rc4
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a1
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.3
Mortbay Jetty=5.0-rc4
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.7
Mortbay Jetty=2.1.7
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.2
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.0-rc3
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.0-betax
Mortbay Jetty=3.1-rc9
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.b04
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a8
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.18
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.b1
Mortbay Jetty=3.1.7
Mortbay Jetty=3.0.a93
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.9
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.27
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.9
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.12
Mortbay Jetty=2.1.0
Mortbay Jetty=2.4.1
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.2
Mortbay Jetty=4.0.1-rc2
Mortbay Jetty=6.0.2
Mortbay Jetty=1.0
Mortbay Jetty=4.2.15-rc0
Mortbay Jetty=2.2-beta4
Mortbay Jetty=2.4.7
Mortbay Jetty=3.1-rc8
Mortbay Jetty=4.1.0-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=5.1-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.2-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=2.0.3
Mortbay Jetty=5.1.14
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.12-rc1
Mortbay Jetty=6.1.4
Mortbay Jetty<=6.1.16

Remediation

Patch Available

http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JETTY-980

Event History

Apr 28, 2009
CVE Published
via Red Hat·12:00 AM
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·12:00 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverity
May 5, 2009
CVE Published
via MITRE·05:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·05:00 PM
Description

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1524?

CVE-2009-1524 is classified as a high severity Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Mort Bay Jetty versions before 6.1.17.

2

How do I fix CVE-2009-1524?

To fix CVE-2009-1524, upgrade to Mort Bay Jetty version 6.1.17 or later.

3

What kind of attack is possible with CVE-2009-1524?

CVE-2009-1524 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML via malicious directory listing requests.

4

Which versions of Mort Bay Jetty are affected by CVE-2009-1524?

CVE-2009-1524 affects Mort Bay Jetty versions prior to 6.1.17, including all versions up to 6.1.16.

5

How can I detect if my system is vulnerable to CVE-2009-1524?

You can detect vulnerability to CVE-2009-1524 by checking if your version of Mort Bay Jetty is below 6.1.17 and testing for XSS vulnerabilities in directory listings.

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