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Secunia Security Advisory 51516

Secunia Security Advisory 51516
Posted Dec 17, 2012
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Foswiki, which can be exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

tags | advisory, denial of service
SHA-256 | 3ccc10020e75f2c1454e216e338e0a12b054e85cbca6195a14d7c3df73e829ef

Secunia Security Advisory 51516

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TITLE:
Foswiki "%MAKETEXT{}%" Macro Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA51516

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/51516/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=51516

RELEASE DATE:
2012-12-17

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/51516/#comments

AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA:
* Last Update
* Popularity
* Comments
* Criticality Level
* Impact
* Where
* Solution Status
* Operating System / Software
* CVE Reference(s)

http://secunia.com/advisories/51516/

ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA:
* Authentication Level
* Report Reliability
* Secunia PoC
* Secunia Analysis
* Systems Affected
* Approve Distribution
* Remediation Status
* Secunia CVSS Score
* CVSS

https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=51516

ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI:
* AUTOMATED SCANNING

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Foswiki, which can be exploited
by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to the application improperly
validating the "%MAKETEXT{}%" macro, which can be exploited to e.g.
cause excessive memory consumption by passing an overly large value
to the macro.

The vulnerability is reported in versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.10 and
1.1.0 through 1.1.6.

SOLUTION:
Apply hotfix or patch (please see the vendor's advisory for details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Foswiki:
http://foswiki.org/Support/SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6329
http://foswiki.org/Support/SecurityAlert-CVE-2012-6330

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/

Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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