CVE-2009-3622

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in wp-trackback.php in WordPress before 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and server hang) via a long title parameter in conjunction with a charset parameter composed of many comma-separated "UTF-8" substrings, related to the mb_convert_encoding function in PHP.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
4.3 UNKNOWN
NETWORK
MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
redhatCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 91%
VendorProductVersion
wordpresswordpress
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≤ 2.8.4
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
wordpress
bullseye (security)
5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1
fixed
bullseye
5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1
fixed
sid
6.6.1+dfsg1-1
fixed
trixie
6.6.1+dfsg1-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
wordpress
oneiric
not-affected
natty
not-affected
maverick
not-affected
lucid
not-affected
karmic
ignored
jaunty
ignored
intrepid
ignored
hardy
ignored
dapper
ignored
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://codes.zerial.org/php/wp-trackbacks_dos.phps
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125612393329041&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125614592004825&w=2
http://rooibo.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/agujero-de-seguridad-en-wordpress/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/263
http://secunia.com/advisories/37088
http://security-sh3ll.blogspot.com/2009/10/wordpress-resource-exhaustion-denial-of.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023072
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/wordpress-2-8-5-hardening-release/
http://www.osvdb.org/59077
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2986
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530056
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53884
http://codes.zerial.org/php/wp-trackbacks_dos.phps
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125612393329041&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125614592004825&w=2
http://rooibo.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/agujero-de-seguridad-en-wordpress/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/263
http://secunia.com/advisories/37088
http://security-sh3ll.blogspot.com/2009/10/wordpress-resource-exhaustion-denial-of.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023072
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/wordpress-2-8-5-hardening-release/
http://www.osvdb.org/59077
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2986
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530056
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53884