ByteBuffer Release Flaw in Eclipse Jetty by Eclipse Foundation
CVE-2022-2191

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

The Eclipse Foundation

Status
Eclipse Jetty
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 July 2022

What is CVE-2022-2191?

In specific versions of Eclipse Jetty, the SslConnection implementation fails to release ByteBuffers from the configured ByteBufferPool when encountering certain error code paths. This issue can lead to increased memory consumption, potentially degrading server performance and stability over time.

Affected Version(s)

Eclipse Jetty 10.0.0

Eclipse Jetty <= 10.0.9

Eclipse Jetty 11.0.0

References

https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisor...
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220909-0003/
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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