CVE-2015-2080

Publication date 7 October 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The exception handling code in Eclipse Jetty before 9.2.9.v20150224 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via illegal characters in an HTTP header, aka JetLeak.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
jetty	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
jetty8	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

only affects jetty 9.2.3 through 9.2.8

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N