CVE-2015-6812 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via a crafted URL in IPS Community Suite, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- 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-2015-6812?
CVE-2015-6812 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Sep 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Invision Power Services IPS Community Suite (aka Invision Power Board, IPB, or Power Board) before 4.0.12.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and memory consumption) via a crafted URL.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6812?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Invisioncommunity Invision Power Board.
How do I fix CVE-2015-6812?
No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6812 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-2015-6812 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6812 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pc3m-36jc-v5wf.