SB2016092020 - Denial of service in Drupal Drupal
Published: September 20, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016092020
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: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause denial of service on the target system.The weakness is caused by improper way of page caching. Being able to post content on the site and poison the page cache, attackers can cause constant 404 error on the page.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.