CVE-2012-2138

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2138
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-09 22:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe @CopyFrom operation in the POST servlet in the org.apache.sling.servlets.post bundle before 2.1.2 in Apache Sling does not prevent attempts to copy an ancestor node to a descendant node, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted HTTP request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Org.apache.sling.servlets.post All All All All
Application Apache Sling All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Apache-SVN] Revision 1352865 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.apache.org
[SECURITY] CVE-2012-2138 Apache Sling denial of service vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail-archives.apache.org
[SLING-2517] Add validity checks to CopyFrom POST operation paths - ASF JIRA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.apache.org
[SECURITY] CVE-2012-2138 Apache Sling denial of service vulnerability MITRE mail-archives.apache.org
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