Resource management error in Plone - CVE-2012-5499
Published: September 30, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41261
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-2012-5499
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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.
python_scripts.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large value, related to formatColumns.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-5499
Install update from vendor's website.