CVE-2009-3622
First published: Wed Oct 21 2009(Updated: )
A denial of service (resource exhaustion) flaw was found in the way WordPress used to handle HTTP headers, contained in the "trackback" message, sent to WordPress. A local, unprivileged user could sent a specially-crafted trackback message to running instance of WordPress, leading to its crash. References: ---------- <a href="http://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/wordpress-2-8-5-hardening-release/">http://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/wordpress-2-8-5-hardening-release/</a> <a href="http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/263">http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/263</a> PoC: ---- <a href="http://codes.zerial.org/php/wp-trackbacks_dos.phps">http://codes.zerial.org/php/wp-trackbacks_dos.phps</a> CVE was requested here: ----------------------- <a href="http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/21/2">http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/21/2</a>
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress WordPress | <=2.8.4 |
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Reference Links
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/wordpress-2-8-5-hardening-release/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/263
- http://codes.zerial.org/php/wp-trackbacks_dos.phps
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/21/2
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-2.8.5-1.fc12
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-2.8.5-1.fc11
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-2.8.5-1.fc10
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-2.8.5-1.el5
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-mu-2.8.5.2-1.el5
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-mu-2.8.5.2-1.fc11
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/wordpress-mu-2.8.5.2-1.fc10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530056
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37088
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125612393329041&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125614592004825&w=2
- http://security-sh3ll.blogspot.com/2009/10/wordpress-resource-exhaustion-denial-of.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023072
- http://rooibo.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/agujero-de-seguridad-en-wordpress/
- http://www.osvdb.org/59077
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2986
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53884
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