CVE-2006-1387 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated users with edit rights can cause denial of service in TWiki by creating recursive INCLUDE statements that consume CPU and memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-1387?
CVE-2006-1387 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Mar 2006. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
TWiki 4.0, 4.0.1, and 20010901 through 20040904 allows remote authenticated users with edit rights to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion leading to CPU and memory consumption) via INCLUDE by URL statements that form a loop, such as a page that includes itself.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1387?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Twiki Twiki.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1387?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1387 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-1387 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1387 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cqcv-x69c-p27r.