CWE
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CVE-2011-4461: Input Validation

First published: Fri Dec 30 2011(Updated: )

Jetty 8.1.0.RC2 and earlier computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
maven/org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server<=8.1.0.RC2
8.1.0.RC4
Oracle Sun Storage Common Array Manager=6.9.0
Eclipse Jetty=1.0.1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.5
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.12-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.25
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.3-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta14
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-pre3
Eclipse Jetty=1.3.1
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a3
Eclipse Jetty=1.3.4
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.22
Eclipse Jetty=3.1.8
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.15-pre0
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.1
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta9
Eclipse Jetty=2.0.4
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta2
Eclipse Jetty=2.2-beta0
Eclipse Jetty=2.2.8
Eclipse Jetty=7.0.0-m1
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.2-pre0
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta15
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.5-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.13
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a95
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-alpha0
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.9-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.0-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.2
Eclipse Jetty=5.0-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=2.1.1
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a97
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.14
Eclipse Jetty=2.0-alpha2
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.11
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a99
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.b2
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta0
Eclipse Jetty=2.3.2
Eclipse Jetty=2.4.9
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.5
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.0
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.d4
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.4
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a6
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.4-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.15-rc4
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-alpha3
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.8
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=2.1.b1
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.1
Eclipse Jetty=2.0-beta1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.10
Eclipse Jetty=2.3.1
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.10
Eclipse Jetty=3.1-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.10-pre2
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.2
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.1
Eclipse Jetty=5.0-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=2.3.0a
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.0-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.3-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=2.4.2
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.1
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.6
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.16
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a7
Eclipse Jetty=2.1.5
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.15-rc5
Eclipse Jetty=2.0.1
Eclipse Jetty=3.1-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta3
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.6
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a96
Eclipse Jetty=5.0-alpha2
Eclipse Jetty=2.3.3
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.0-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=2.1.2
Eclipse Jetty=1.3.3
Eclipse Jetty=5.1
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.2
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.23-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.0-rc4
Eclipse Jetty=3.1.0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.21
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.12
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.0-beta0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-rc4
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.17
Eclipse Jetty=2.2.3
Eclipse Jetty=2.2-alpha1
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.b0
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-alpha1
Eclipse Jetty=2.4.6
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.1-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=2.0-alpha1
Eclipse Jetty=5.0-beta1
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.3
Eclipse Jetty=3.1.5
Eclipse Jetty=2.3.0
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.5
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta16
Eclipse Jetty=5.0-alpha1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.3
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=1.1.1
Eclipse Jetty=2.0.2
Eclipse Jetty=2.0.0
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.6
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a9
Eclipse Jetty=7.0.0-m2
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.0-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.0-rc5
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.26
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.d3
Eclipse Jetty=3.1.2
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.6
Eclipse Jetty=1.3.2
Eclipse Jetty=2.4.4
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta10
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.10-pre0
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.12
Eclipse Jetty=3.1-rc7
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.0-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.b01
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.21
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.b02
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.24
Eclipse Jetty=2.4.3
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.d2
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=2.1.6
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.4
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.5-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.5
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.0-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.12-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=4.2
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a92
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.3
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.0-rc6
Eclipse Jetty=1.3.5
Eclipse Jetty=7.0.0-pre3
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.15
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a90
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.11-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.14
Eclipse Jetty=1.1
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.1-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=2.2.6
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-rc5
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.1
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.0-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.14-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.b1
Eclipse Jetty=2.2-alpha0
Eclipse Jetty=2.0-beta2
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.10
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.6-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-pre1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.5-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=7.0.0-pre0
Eclipse Jetty=2.4.5
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a2
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.24-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=3.1.6
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.0
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.20
Eclipse Jetty=2.2.2
Eclipse Jetty=3.1.3
Eclipse Jetty=3.1-rc4
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.4
Eclipse Jetty=2.3.4
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.9
Eclipse Jetty=2.2-beta2
Eclipse Jetty=2.1.4
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a91
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.24-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=4.0-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=2.0.5
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.d0
Eclipse Jetty=2.2-beta1
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.14-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.23
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a4
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.4-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.b05
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta1
Eclipse Jetty=3.1-rc5
Eclipse Jetty=5.0.0-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-alpha2
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta4
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.6
Eclipse Jetty=2.2.5
Eclipse Jetty=5.0-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=5.0-beta2
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.0
Eclipse Jetty=4.0-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a5
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.8_01
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.0-rc7
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.b03
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.10-pre1
Eclipse Jetty=2.3.5
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.12-rc5
Eclipse Jetty=5.0-alpha3
Eclipse Jetty=2.1.3
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.5-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-pre0
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.0-rc4
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.2
Eclipse Jetty=3.1-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.3
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=2.2-beta3
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.8
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta6
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.20
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.9-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.12-rc4
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.16
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.3-rc4
Eclipse Jetty=3.1.9
Eclipse Jetty=2.4.0
Eclipse Jetty=2.2.0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-pre0
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta17
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.7-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=1.2.0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-pre1
Eclipse Jetty=2.2.7
Eclipse Jetty=2.2.1
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.19
Eclipse Jetty=4.0-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.1-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=3.0
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.4
Eclipse Jetty=3.1-rc6
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.4-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.d2
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.0
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta8
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a98
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.0-rc5
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.5
Eclipse Jetty=5.0-beta0
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.15
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.3
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.d1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.d1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.4
Eclipse Jetty=1.3.0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.15-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.7
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.0-rc8
Eclipse Jetty=3.1.4
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.6-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=2.1.b0
Eclipse Jetty=2.4.8
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.11
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.20-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.0-pre2
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.7
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.0-rc6
Eclipse Jetty=7.0.0-pre1
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta12
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.15-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a94
Eclipse Jetty=5.1-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=5.0-alpha0
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.0
Eclipse Jetty=3.1.1
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.3-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.19
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.11
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.d0
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.1-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=5.0.0
Eclipse Jetty=3.1-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.1-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.4-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta7
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.1
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.3-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta11
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-beta5
Eclipse Jetty=2.2.4
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.b0
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-rc4
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a1
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.3
Eclipse Jetty=5.0-rc4
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.7
Eclipse Jetty<=8.1.0
Eclipse Jetty=2.1.7
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.2
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.0-rc3
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.0-betax
Eclipse Jetty=3.1-rc9
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.b04
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a8
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.18
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.b1
Eclipse Jetty=3.1.7
Eclipse Jetty=3.0.a93
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.9
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.27
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.9
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.12
Eclipse Jetty=2.1.0
Eclipse Jetty=2.4.1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2
Eclipse Jetty=4.0.1-rc2
Eclipse Jetty=6.0.2
Eclipse Jetty=1.0
Eclipse Jetty=4.2.15-rc0
Eclipse Jetty=2.2-beta4
Eclipse Jetty=2.4.7
Eclipse Jetty=3.1-rc8
Eclipse Jetty=7.0.0
Eclipse Jetty=4.1.0-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=5.1-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.2-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=2.0.3
Eclipse Jetty=5.1.14
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.12-rc1
Eclipse Jetty=6.1.4

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2011-4461?

    CVE-2011-4461 is considered a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for denial of service through CPU exhaustion.

  • How do I fix CVE-2011-4461?

    To mitigate CVE-2011-4461, upgrade to Jetty version 8.1.0.RC4 or later.

  • What types of attacks can exploit CVE-2011-4461?

    CVE-2011-4461 can be exploited through crafted form parameters sent by remote attackers to trigger hash collisions, leading to high CPU consumption.

  • Which versions of Jetty are affected by CVE-2011-4461?

    CVE-2011-4461 affects Jetty versions 8.1.0.RC2 and earlier.

  • Is CVE-2011-4461 related to hash collision vulnerabilities?

    Yes, CVE-2011-4461 is primarily related to hash collision vulnerabilities, allowing denial of service through predictable hash computation.

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