SB2013032702 - Denial of service in Drupal Drupal



SB2013032702 - Denial of service in Drupal Drupal

Published: March 27, 2013 Updated: September 15, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2013032702
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
  • Medium
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0316)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause denial of service on the target system.
The weakness exists due to abusing of Image module permissions. Excessive on-demand production of new image derivatives that leads to filling of server disk space and high CPU load may make the site invalid.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.