CVE-2012-4678 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via disk consumption by sending many requests to munin-cgi-graph, which fails to delete temporary files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-4678?
CVE-2012-4678 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 for Munin 2.0 rc4 does not delete temporary files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via many requests to an image with unique parameters.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4678?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Munin-Monitoring Munin.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4678?
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-2012-4678 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4678 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4678, GHSA-8r7j-2xcc-hmf7.