CVE-2012-5499
First published: Thu Nov 08 2012(Updated: )
A denial of service flaw was found in the way Plone, a user friendly and powerful content management system, performed processing of very large values passed to an internal utility function being exposed on an URL. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted URL that, when processed would lead to excessive memory consumption. References: [1] <a href="http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/15">http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/15</a> [2] <a href="http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/">http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/</a> Relevant upstream HotFixes: [3] <a href="http://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106">http://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106</a> From the OSS post: [4] <a href="http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/4">http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/4</a> the python_scripts.py formatColumns() change from upstream HotFix is relevant to this issue.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| pip/Plone | >=4.3a1<4.3b1 | 4.3b1 |
| pip/Plone | >=4.0<4.2.3 | 4.2.3 |
| Plone Plone | <=4.2.2 | |
| Plone Plone | =1.0 | |
| Plone Plone | =1.0.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =1.0.2 | |
| Plone Plone | =1.0.3 | |
| Plone Plone | =1.0.4 | |
| Plone Plone | =1.0.5 | |
| Plone Plone | =1.0.6 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.0 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.0.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.0.2 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.0.3 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.0.4 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.0.5 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.1.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.1.2 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.1.3 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.1.4 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.5 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.5.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.5.2 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.5.3 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.5.4 | |
| Plone Plone | =2.5.5 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.0 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.0.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.0.2 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.0.3 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.0.4 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.0.5 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.0.6 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.1.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.1.2 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.1.3 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.1.4 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.1.5.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.1.6 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.1.7 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.2 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.2.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.2.2 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.2.3 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.3 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.3.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.3.2 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.3.3 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.3.4 | |
| Plone Plone | =3.3.5 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.0 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.0.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.0.2 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.0.3 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.0.4 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.0.5 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.0.6.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.1.4 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.1.5 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.1.6 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.2 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.2-a1 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.2-a2 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.2-b1 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.2-b2 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.2-rc1 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.2-rc2 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.2.0.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.2.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.2.1.1 | |
| Plone Plone | =4.3 | |
| <=4.2.2 | ||
| =1.0 | ||
| =1.0.1 | ||
| =1.0.2 | ||
| =1.0.3 | ||
| =1.0.4 | ||
| =1.0.5 | ||
| =1.0.6 | ||
| =2.0 | ||
| =2.0.1 | ||
| =2.0.2 | ||
| =2.0.3 | ||
| =2.0.4 | ||
| =2.0.5 | ||
| =2.1 | ||
| =2.1.1 | ||
| =2.1.2 | ||
| =2.1.3 | ||
| =2.1.4 | ||
| =2.5 | ||
| =2.5.1 | ||
| =2.5.2 | ||
| =2.5.3 | ||
| =2.5.4 | ||
| =2.5.5 | ||
| =3.0 | ||
| =3.0.1 | ||
| =3.0.2 | ||
| =3.0.3 | ||
| =3.0.4 | ||
| =3.0.5 | ||
| =3.0.6 | ||
| =3.1 | ||
| =3.1.1 | ||
| =3.1.2 | ||
| =3.1.3 | ||
| =3.1.4 | ||
| =3.1.5.1 | ||
| =3.1.6 | ||
| =3.1.7 | ||
| =3.2 | ||
| =3.2.1 | ||
| =3.2.2 | ||
| =3.2.3 | ||
| =3.3 | ||
| =3.3.1 | ||
| =3.3.2 | ||
| =3.3.3 | ||
| =3.3.4 | ||
| =3.3.5 | ||
| =4.0 | ||
| =4.0.1 | ||
| =4.0.2 | ||
| =4.0.3 | ||
| =4.0.4 | ||
| =4.0.5 | ||
| =4.0.6.1 | ||
| =4.1 | ||
| =4.1.4 | ||
| =4.1.5 | ||
| =4.1.6 | ||
| =4.2 | ||
| =4.2-a1 | ||
| =4.2-a2 | ||
| =4.2-b1 | ||
| =4.2-b2 | ||
| =4.2-rc1 | ||
| =4.2-rc2 | ||
| =4.2.0.1 | ||
| =4.2.1 | ||
| =4.2.1.1 | ||
| =4.3 |
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Reference Links
- http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/15
- http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/
- http://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/07/4
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5499
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/1
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1194.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=874657
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5499
- https://github.com/plone/Products.CMFPlone/blob/4.2.3/docs/CHANGES.txt
- https://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20121106
- https://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20121106/15
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1194.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1194
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wrf2-2rch-cmr9 (Advisory)
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/plone/PYSEC-2014-41.yaml
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/remedy
- agent/description
- collector/github-advisory-latest
- source/GitHub
- alias/GHSA-wrf2-2rch-cmr9
- alias/CVE-2012-5499
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/event
- collector/nvd-cve
- source/NVD
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
- source/Red Hat
- agent/tags
- collector/github-advisory
- vendor/plone
- canonical/plone plone
- version/plone plone/4.2.2
- version/plone plone/1.0
- version/plone plone/1.0.1
- version/plone plone/1.0.2
- version/plone plone/1.0.3
- version/plone plone/1.0.4
- version/plone plone/1.0.5
- version/plone plone/1.0.6
- version/plone plone/2.0
- version/plone plone/2.0.1
- version/plone plone/2.0.2
- version/plone plone/2.0.3
- version/plone plone/2.0.4
- version/plone plone/2.0.5
- version/plone plone/2.1
- version/plone plone/2.1.1
- version/plone plone/2.1.2
- version/plone plone/2.1.3
- version/plone plone/2.1.4
- version/plone plone/2.5
- version/plone plone/2.5.1
- version/plone plone/2.5.2
- version/plone plone/2.5.3
- version/plone plone/2.5.4
- version/plone plone/2.5.5
- version/plone plone/3.0
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- version/plone plone/3.0.6
- version/plone plone/3.1
- version/plone plone/3.1.1
- version/plone plone/3.1.2
- version/plone plone/3.1.3
- version/plone plone/3.1.4
- version/plone plone/3.1.5.1
- version/plone plone/3.1.6
- version/plone plone/3.1.7
- version/plone plone/3.2
- version/plone plone/3.2.1
- version/plone plone/3.2.2
- version/plone plone/3.2.3
- version/plone plone/3.3
- version/plone plone/3.3.1
- version/plone plone/3.3.2
- version/plone plone/3.3.3
- version/plone plone/3.3.4
- version/plone plone/3.3.5
- version/plone plone/4.0
- version/plone plone/4.0.1
- version/plone plone/4.0.2
- version/plone plone/4.0.3
- version/plone plone/4.0.4
- version/plone plone/4.0.5
- version/plone plone/4.0.6.1
- version/plone plone/4.1
- version/plone plone/4.1.4
- version/plone plone/4.1.5
- version/plone plone/4.1.6
- version/plone plone/4.2
- version/plone plone/4.2-a1
- version/plone plone/4.2-a2
- version/plone plone/4.2-b1
- version/plone plone/4.2-b2
- version/plone plone/4.2-rc1
- version/plone plone/4.2-rc2
- version/plone plone/4.2.0.1
- version/plone plone/4.2.1
- version/plone plone/4.2.1.1
- version/plone plone/4.3
- package-manager/pip