In Eclipse Jetty versions 10.0.0 thru 10.0.9, and 11.0.0 thru 11.0.9 versions, SslConnection does not release ByteBuffers from configured ByteBufferPool in case of error code paths.
Weakness
The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jetty | Eclipse | 10.0.0 (including) | 10.0.9 (including) |
| Jetty | Eclipse | 11.0.0 (including) | 11.0.9 (including) |
| Red Hat AMQ Streams 2.3.0 | RedHat | jetty-server | * |
| Jetty | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Jetty | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Jetty | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Jetty8 | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Jetty8 | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Jetty8 | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Jetty9 | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Jetty9 | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Jetty9 | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Jetty9 | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Jetty9 | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Jetty9 | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Jetty9 | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
- Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
- For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/130.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/131.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/494.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/495.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/496.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/666.html