Denial of service in Drupal - CVE-2013-0316

 

Denial of service in Drupal - CVE-2013-0316

Published: September 15, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU458
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0316
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Drupal
Affected software:
Drupal

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause denial of service on the target system.
The weakness exists due to abusing of Image module permissions. Excessive on-demand production of new image derivatives that leads to filling of server disk space and high CPU load may make the site invalid.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-0316


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