Input validation error in Plone - CVE-2013-4199

 

Input validation error in Plone - CVE-2013-4199

Published: March 11, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41941
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4199
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Plone
Affected software:
Plone

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to perform service disruption.

(1) cb_decode.py and (2) linkintegrity.py in Plone 2.1 through 4.1, 4.2.x through 4.2.5, and 4.3.x through 4.3.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large zip archive, which is expanded (decompressed).


How to mitigate CVE-2013-4199

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources