Mahara CVE-2011-2772 Upload Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	50542
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2011-2772
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 04 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2015 09:27AM
Credit:	Richard Mansfield
Vulnerable:	Mahara Mahara 1.3.6 Mahara Mahara 1.3.5 Mahara Mahara 1.3.4 Mahara Mahara 1.3.3 Mahara Mahara 1.3 beta3 Mahara Mahara 1.3 beta2 Mahara Mahara 1.3 beta1 Mahara Mahara 1.2.5 Mahara Mahara 1.2.4 Mahara Mahara 1.2.3 Mahara Mahara 1.2 RC1 Mahara Mahara 1.2 beta4 Mahara Mahara 1.2 beta3 Mahara Mahara 1.2 beta1 Mahara Mahara 1.2 Beta Mahara Mahara 1.1.9 Mahara Mahara 1.1.8 Mahara Mahara 1.1.7 Mahara Mahara 1.1.6 Mahara Mahara 1.1.5 Mahara Mahara 1.1.4 Mahara Mahara 1.1.3 Mahara Mahara 1.1.2 Mahara Mahara 1.1.1 Mahara Mahara 1.1 Beta4 Mahara Mahara 1.1 Beta3 Mahara Mahara 1.1 Beta2 Mahara Mahara 1.0.15 Mahara Mahara 1.0.14 Mahara Mahara 1.0.13 Mahara Mahara 1.0.12 Mahara Mahara 1.0.11 Mahara Mahara 1.0.10 Mahara Mahara 1.0.9 Mahara Mahara 1.0.8 Mahara Mahara 1.0.7 Mahara Mahara 1.0.6 Mahara Mahara 1.0.5 Mahara Mahara 1.0.4 Mahara Mahara 1.0.3 Mahara Mahara 1.0.2 Mahara Mahara 1.0.1 Mahara Mahara 1.0 Mahara Mahara 0.9.1 Mahara Mahara 0.9 Mahara Mahara 1.3.2 Mahara Mahara 1.3.1 Mahara Mahara 1.3.0 RC1 Mahara Mahara 1.3.0 Beta4 Mahara Mahara 1.3.0 Mahara Mahara 1.2.7 Mahara Mahara 1.2.6 Mahara Mahara 1.2.5 Mahara Mahara 1.2.2 Mahara Mahara 1.2.1 Mahara Mahara 1.2.0 Alpha3 Mahara Mahara 1.2.0 Alpha2 Mahara Mahara 1.2.0 Alpha1 Mahara Mahara 1.2.0 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Rc2 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Rc1 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Beta1 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Alpha3 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Alpha2 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Alpha1 Mahara Mahara 1.1.0 Mahara Mahara 1.1 Mahara Mahara 0.9.2 Debian Linux 6.0 sparc Debian Linux 6.0 s/390 Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc Debian Linux 6.0 mips Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 6.0 arm Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:	Mahara Mahara 1.4.1

Mahara CVE-2011-2772 Upload Denial of Service Vulnerability

Mahara is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to cause the application to crash, denying service to legitimate users.

Versions prior to Mahara 1.4.1 are vulnerable.

Mahara CVE-2011-2772 Upload Denial of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

Mahara CVE-2011-2772 Upload Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

Mahara CVE-2011-2772 Upload Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• [SECURITY] [DSA 2334-1] mahara security update (Full Disclosure)
  
• Mahara 1.4.1 Release Notes (Mahara)
  
• Mahara Homepage (Mahara)