#VU43781 Input validation error in Apache Commons Pool - CVE-2012-2677
Published: July 25, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43781
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2012-2677
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apache Commons Pool
Apache Commons Pool
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation
Apache Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Integer overflow in the ordered_malloc function in boost/pool/pool.hpp in Boost Pool before 3.9 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large memory chunk size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083416.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082977.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/07/13
- https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/78326
- https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6701