CVE-2014-5019 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Drupal multisite installations by sending crafted HTTP Host headers.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2014-5019?

CVE-2014-5019 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Drupal Drupal, published on 22 Jul 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The multisite feature in Drupal 6.x before 6.32 and 7.x before 7.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted HTTP Host header, related to determining which configuration file to use.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5019?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Drupal Drupal.

How do I fix CVE-2014-5019?

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-2014-5019 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5019 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-hw7f-w767-vqpp, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5019.

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