CVE-2011-4462
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
Plone 4.1.3 and earlier computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | plone | <4.1.4 | 4.1.4 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| plone | plone | {"endIncluding":"4.1.3"} | |
| plone | plone | 1.0 | |
| plone | plone | 1.0.1 | |
| plone | plone | 1.0.2 | |
| plone | plone | 1.0.3 | |
| plone | plone | 1.0.4 | |
| plone | plone | 1.0.5 | |
| plone | plone | 1.0.6 | |
| plone | plone | 2.0 | |
| plone | plone | 2.0.1 | |
| plone | plone | 2.0.2 | |
| plone | plone | 2.0.3 | |
| plone | plone | 2.0.4 | |
| plone | plone | 2.0.5 | |
| plone | plone | 2.1 | |
| plone | plone | 2.1.1 | |
| plone | plone | 2.1.2 | |
| plone | plone | 2.1.3 | |
| plone | plone | 2.1.4 | |
| plone | plone | 2.5 | |
| plone | plone | 2.5.1 | |
| plone | plone | 2.5.2 | |
| plone | plone | 2.5.3 | |
| plone | plone | 2.5.4 | |
| plone | plone | 2.5.5 | |
| plone | plone | 3.0 | |
| plone | plone | 3.0.1 | |
| plone | plone | 3.0.2 | |
| plone | plone | 3.0.3 | |
| plone | plone | 3.0.4 | |
| plone | plone | 3.0.5 | |
| plone | plone | 3.0.6 | |
| plone | plone | 3.1 | |
| plone | plone | 3.1.1 | |
| plone | plone | 3.1.2 | |
| plone | plone | 3.1.3 | |
| plone | plone | 3.1.4 | |
| plone | plone | 3.1.5.1 | |
| plone | plone | 3.1.6 | |
| plone | plone | 3.1.7 | |
| plone | plone | 3.2 | |
| plone | plone | 3.2.1 | |
| plone | plone | 3.2.2 | |
| plone | plone | 3.2.3 | |
| plone | plone | 3.3 | |
| plone | plone | 3.3.1 | |
| plone | plone | 3.3.2 | |
| plone | plone | 3.3.3 | |
| plone | plone | 3.3.4 | |
| plone | plone | 3.3.5 | |
| plone | plone | 3.3.6 | |
| plone | plone | 4.0 | |
| plone | plone | 4.0.1 | |
| plone | plone | 4.0.2 | |
| plone | plone | 4.0.3 | |
| plone | plone | 4.0.4 | |
| plone | plone | 4.0.5 | |
| plone | plone | 4.0.7 | |
| plone | plone | 4.0.9 | |
| plone | plone | 4.1 | |
| plone | plone | 4.1.1 | |
| plone | plone | 4.1.2 | |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47406
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72018
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4462
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pcwm-8jc3-qxvj
- https://github.com/plone/plone
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2011-22.yaml
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.