CVE-2012-2438 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via disk consumption by submitting unlimited comment records to AWCM web content manager.
- 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-2012-2438?
CVE-2012-2438 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Nov 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ar web content manager (AWCM) 2.2 does not restrict the number of comment records that can be submitted through HTTP requests, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via the coment parameter to (1) show_video.php or (2) topic.php.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2438?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Awcm-Cms Ar Web Content Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2438?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2438 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-2012-2438 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2438 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-23hh-8f6m-x9cp.