SB2014093010 - Resource management error in Plone
Published: September 30, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014093010
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) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5496)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
kupu_spellcheck.py in Kupu in Plone before 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ZServer thread lock) via a crafted URL.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.