SB2012100102 - Denial of service in Drupal Drupal
Published: October 1, 2012 Updated: November 22, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012100102
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1588)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause service on the target system deny.
The weakness is caused by inefficient Drupal's text matching. Inability to filter texts and remove inappropriate HTML tags allows a malicious user to trigger denial of service.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.