Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Direct Mail - CVE-2020-12697

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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Direct Mail - CVE-2020-12697

Published: May 15, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27939
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12697
CWE-ID: CWE-770
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: TYPO3
Affected software:
Direct Mail

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perofrm a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a functionality to log clicks on links in sent newsletters does not limit the amount of log entries generated per link. A remote attacker can use a valid link to fill the log table with a huge amount of records and cause a denial of service condition on the target system. 


How to mitigate CVE-2020-12697

Install updates from vendor's website.

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