Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Plone - CVE-2012-5498
Published: September 30, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41260
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-2012-5498
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Plone
Affected software:
Plone
Plone
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
queryCatalog.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to bypass caching and cause a denial of service via a crafted request to a collection.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-5498
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1194.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/09/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/14
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106