Plone Hash Collision Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:51195

Info

Plone Hash Collision Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 51195
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2011-4462
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 29 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:18AM
Credit: Alexander Klink, n.runs AG and Julian Wälde, Technische Universität Darmstadt
Vulnerable: Plone Plone 4.1.3
Plone Plone 4.0.8
Plone Plone 4.0.7
Plone Plone 3.3.5
Plone Plone 3.3.4
Plone Plone 3.3.3
Plone Plone 3.3.2
Plone Plone 3.3.1
Plone Plone 3.2.3
Plone Plone 3.2.2
Plone Plone 3.1.6
Plone Plone 3.1.4
Plone Plone 3.0.5
Plone Plone 3.0.4
Plone Plone 3.0.3
Plone Plone 3.0.2
Plone Plone 3.0.1
Plone Plone 2.5.5
Plone Plone 2.5.4
Plone Plone 2.5.1
Plone Plone 2.1.2
Plone Plone 2.0.5
Plone Plone 2.0.4
Plone Plone 4.1
Plone Plone 4.0.9
Plone Plone 4.0.6.1
Plone Plone 4.0.5
Plone Plone 4.0.4
Plone Plone 4.0.3
Plone Plone 4.0.2
Plone Plone 4.0.1
Plone Plone 4.0
Plone Plone 3.3.2
Plone Plone 3.3.1
Plone Plone 3.3
Plone Plone 3.3
Plone Plone 3.2.3
Plone Plone 3.2.2
Plone Plone 3.2.1
Plone Plone 3.2
Plone Plone 3.1.7
Plone Plone 3.1.6
Plone Plone 3.1.5.1
Plone Plone 3.1.3
Plone Plone 3.1.2
Plone Plone 3.1.1
Plone Plone 3.1
Plone Plone 3.0.6
Plone Plone 3.0
Plone Plone 2.5-beta1
Plone Plone 2.5
Plone Plone 2.1.3
Plone Plone 2.1.1
Plone Plone 2.1
Plone Plone 2.0.2
Plone Plone 2.0.1
Plone Plone 2.0
Plone Plone 1.0.6
Plone Plone 1.0.5
Plone Plone 1.0.4
Plone Plone 1.0.3
Plone Plone 1.0.2
Plone Plone 1.0.1
Plone Plone 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Plone Hash Collision Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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

An attacker can exploit this issue by constructing and sending a specially crafted series of anonymous HTTP requests to the affected computer.

Successful exploits may allow attackers to cause the hash collision resulting in excessive CPU resource consumption, effectively denying further service to legitimate users.

Plone 4.1.3 and prior versions are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Plone Hash Collision Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available tools to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Plone Hash Collision Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

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