CVE-2012-5704 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2012-11-01

Score: 3.5 Low

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:justin_dodge:hotblocks:6.x-1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:justin_dodge:hotblocks:6.x-1.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:justin_dodge:hotblocks:6.x-1.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:justin_dodge:hotblocks:6.x-1.x:dev::::::

cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-5587	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01114.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://drupal.org/node/1732828
http://drupal.org/node/1732946
http://www.madirish.net/543
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/04/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/07/1

History

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Subscriptions

Drupal Drupal

Justin Dodge Hotblocks

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-11-01T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:19:48.472Z

Reserved: 2012-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5704

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-11-01T10:44:48.437

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:47:17.107

Link: CVE-2012-5704

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-399

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