CVE-2010-3717 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via memory consumption by submitting long email addresses to TYPO3's email validation function.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-3717?
CVE-2010-3717 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Typo3 Typo3, published on 25 Oct 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The t3lib_div::validEmail function in TYPO3 4.2.x before 4.2.15, 4.3.x before 4.3.7, and 4.4.x before 4.4.4 does not properly restrict input to filter_var FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL operations in PHP, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a long e-mail address string, a related issue to CVE-2010-3710.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3717?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Typo3 Typo3.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3717?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2010-3717 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3717 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-w2vx-3562-3fwg.