Denial of Service Vulnerability in Jetty 8.1.0.RC2 and Earlier

CVE-2011-4461 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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