CVE-2012-5499: Plone is vulnerable to denial of service
(updated )
It was discovered that Plone, included as a part of luci, does not properly handle the processing of very large values passed to an internal utility function. A remote attacker could use a specially crafted URL that, when processed, would lead to excessive memory consumption.
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1194.html
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1194
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5499
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=874657
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-wrf2-2rch-cmr9
- github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5499
- plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106
- plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/15
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