Check Point Advisories

Eclipse Jetty Denial-of-service (CVE-2018-12545)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2018-1233
Date Published:	25 Nov 2019
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Thursday 24 March, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2018-12545
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 20150601 Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 20150608 Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 20150612 Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 maintenance 0 Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 maintenance 1 Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 maintenance 2 Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 rc0 Eclipse Jetty 9.3.0 rc1 Eclipse Jetty 9.3.1 20150714 Eclipse Jetty 9.3.2 20150730
Vulnerability Description	A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Eclipse Jetty. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Eclipse Jetty Denial-of-service (CVE-2018-12545) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Eclipse Jetty Denial-of-service (CVE-2018-12545)