Denial of service in Drupal - CVE-2012-1588

 

Denial of service in Drupal - CVE-2012-1588

Published: September 15, 2016 / Updated: November 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU469
CSH Severity: Low
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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1588
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 service on the target system deny.

The weakness is caused by inefficient Drupal's text matching. Inability to filter texts and remove inappropriate HTML tags allows a malicious user to trigger denial of service.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-1588


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