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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.