🛡️ CVE-2007-5614 — jetty
Description
Improper Authentication in Mortbay Jetty
Mortbay Jetty before 6.1.6rc1 does not properly handle "certain quote sequences" in HTML cookie parameters, which allows remote attackers to hijack browser sessions via unspecified vectors.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.
Weakness class
CVE-2007-5614 is classified as CWE-287: Improper Authentication. The identity of the caller is not established correctly, so an attacker can act as another user.
Affected software
CVE-2007-5614 is recorded against 1 package.
- org.mortbay.jetty:jetty (fixed in 6.1.6)
Timeline and source
Published on 1 May 2022 and last revised on 8 November 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Package)
www.eclipse.org (Web)
www.redhat.com (Web)
www.redhat.com (Web)
www.kb.cert.org (Web)
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.mortbay.jetty:jetty | — | 6.1.6 |
References
Similar Threats
- Unknown CVE-2009-1523
- High CVE-2009-4611
- Unknown CVE-2005-3747
- Unknown CVE-2006-2758
- Unknown CVE-2006-2759
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