CVE-2008-5102 Denial of service in n/a
Authenticated users can cause denial of service in Zope via malicious Python scripts, impacting application availability.
- 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-2008-5102?
CVE-2008-5102 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Nov 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PythonScripts in Zope 2 2.11.2 and earlier, as used in Conga and other products, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or application halt) via certain (1) raise or (2) import statements.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5102?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Zope Zope.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5102?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5102 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-2008-5102 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5102 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2000-0062 Zope DTML implementation Improper Authentication
- CVE-2021-32674 Remote Code Execution via traversal in TAL expressions
- CVE-2000-1211 Zope does not properly perform security registration for legacy names
- CVE-2002-0170 Zope does not properly verify the access for objects with proxy roles
- CVE-2002-0688 ZCatalog plug-in for Zope allows anonymous users to bypass access restrictions
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jm43-8whq-422w.