CVE-2012-2927 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Authenticated users can cause denial of service in JIRA Tempo plugin via XML parser resource consumption.

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-2012-2927?

CVE-2012-2927 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 May 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The TM Software Tempo plugin before 6.4.3.1, 6.5.x before 6.5.0.2, and 7.x before 7.0.3 for Atlassian JIRA does not properly restrict the capabilities of third-party XML parsers, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2927?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Tm Software Tempo, Tm Software Tempo6.3.0, Tm Software Tempo6.3.2.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2927?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2927 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-2012-2927 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2927 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5g25-2vp3-jgg2.

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