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Debian 7 Jetty Update DLA-1020-1 Critical Timing Attack Mitigation

debian lts
Calendar Grey July 10, 2017
Dist Debian Esm H88
A recent Jetty patch addresses a timing attack vulnerability that could compromise cryptographic keys on Debian 7 systems. It is advised to perform an upgrade promptly.
It was discovered that Jetty, a Java servlet engine and webserver, was vulnerable to a timing attack which might reveal cryptographic credentials such as passwords to a local user

Summary

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
6.1.26-1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your jetty packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: jetty
Version: 6.1.26-1+deb7u1
CVE ID: CVE-2017-9735
Debian Bug: 864898

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