SB2016092020 - Denial of service in Drupal Drupal



SB2016092020 - Denial of service in Drupal Drupal

Published: September 20, 2016

Security Bulletin ID SB2016092020
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
  • Low
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause denial of service on the target system.
The weakness is caused by improper way of page caching. Being able to post content on the site and poison the page cache, attackers can cause constant 404 error on the page.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service on the vulnerable system.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.