CVE-2006-1957 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via disk consumption in the RSS component of Mambo and Joomla by sending multiple requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-1957?
CVE-2006-1957 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Joomla Joomla\!, published on 21 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The com_rss option (rss.php) in (1) Mambo and (2) Joomla! allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption and possibly web-server outage) via multiple requests with different values of the feed parameter.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1957?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Joomla Joomla\!, Mambo-Foundation Mambo.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1957?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1957 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-2006-1957 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1957 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-9ghc-7553-ww77.