Denial of service in Drupal - #VU561

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Denial of service in Drupal - #VU561

Published: September 20, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU561
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: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-284
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 is caused by improper way of page caching. Being able to post content on the site and poison the page cache, attackers can cause constant 404 error on the page.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.

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