CVE-2012-5704

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5704
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-01 10:44:48 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Hotblocks module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.8 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "administer hotblocks" permission to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and time out) via a block that references itself.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Drupal Drupal - All All All
Application Justin Dodge Hotblocks 6.x-1.5 All All All
Application Justin Dodge Hotblocks 6.x-1.6 All All All
Application Justin Dodge Hotblocks 6.x-1.7 All All All
Application Justin Dodge Hotblocks 6.x-1.x dev All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request for Drupal Contributed Modules af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
SA-CONTRIB-2012-126 - Hotblocks - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and Denial of Service (DoS) | drupal.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 drupal.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
hotblocks 6.x-1.8 | drupal.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 drupal.org Patch
Mad Irish :: Drupal Hotblocks Module XSS and DoS Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.madirish.net Exploit
oss-security - CVE Request for Drupal Contributed Modules af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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