UBUNTU-CVE-2011-4461

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4461
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-4461.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-4461
Upstream
  • CVE-2011-4461
Related
  • USN-1429-1
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:44Z
Published
2011-12-29T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-02-04T04:15:51.938399Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / jetty

Package

Name
jetty
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/jetty@6.1.26-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1.26-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "6.1.26-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "jetty"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.1.26-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libjetty-extra"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.1.26-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libjetty-extra-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.1.26-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libjetty-java"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "6.1.26-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "libjetty-java-doc"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-4461.json"