CVE-2012-2147 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Munin by sending image requests with large size parameters, consuming disk or memory resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-2147?
CVE-2012-2147 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Aug 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
munin-cgi-graph in Munin 2.0 rc4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk or memory consumption) via many image requests with large values in the (1) size_x or (2) size_y parameters.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2147?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Munin-Monitoring Munin.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2147?
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-2012-2147 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2147 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2147, GHSA-8h28-5hcj-h4qw.