FKIE_CVE-2012-5704

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-11-01 10:44 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:47
Severity
Summary
The Hotblocks module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.8 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "administer hotblocks" permission to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and time out) via a block that references itself.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://drupal.org/node/1732828Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://drupal.org/node/1732946Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.madirish.net/543Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/6
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://drupal.org/node/1732828Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://drupal.org/node/1732946Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.madirish.net/543Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/1
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
justin_dodge hotblocks 6.x-1.5
justin_dodge hotblocks 6.x-1.6
justin_dodge hotblocks 6.x-1.7
justin_dodge hotblocks 6.x-1.x
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