DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27223

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2020-27223
Downstream
DSA-4949-1
Published: 26 Feb 2021, 22:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:19

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
5.3 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Feb 2021, 22:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:19
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

In Eclipse Jetty 9.4.6.v20170531 to 9.4.36.v20210114 (inclusive), 10.0.0, and 11.0.0 when Jetty handles a request containing multiple Accept headers with a large number of “quality” (i.e. q) parameters, the server may enter a denial of service (DoS) state due to high CPU usage processing those quality values, resulting in minutes of CPU time exhausted processing those quality values.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Systems

  • debian•jetty9

    < 9.4.38-1 | < 9.4.38-1 | < 9.4.38-1 | < 9.4.38-1

References (1)